OOC: Peacekeeping (MT Interest)

[Baroneaux]

Anyone interested in a low-intensity conflict RP?

I would be playing a (possibly multinational coalition, if anyone else is interested) peacekeeping force that has been deployed to your nation during a time of serious national crisis (civil war, coup, famine, etc,). Hopefully your population will be deeply divided about my presence, with some desperately wanting us there and loving us, some indifferent, and others vehemently opposed, taking up arms to push us out.

Any armed conflict would be primarily ambushes, IED attacks and minor firefights between your insurgents/rebel groups and my troops, but I'd be more interested in "battlefield diplomacy" as Baroneauxian peacekeepers try to win hearts and minds among the native population.

The end of the RP is utimately up to you--whether it results in a Black Hawk Down debacle where we withdraw, bloodied and bitter, or a nice happy ending where some level of order and law is restored and the operation is considered a success.

[Dimoniquid]

I'm sure Dimoniquid could use a civil war. I'd be glad for the setting place - what kind of terrain were you looking for? Urban, desert, or something else?

[New Alabasta]

id also volunteer, i have a disputed country right next to me, so it would make plenty of sense for there to be a conflict

[Western Weyard]

Anyone interested in a low-intensity conflict RP?

Hell yeah.
I'd like to join your Peacekeeping force, Baroneaux, if that's okay with you. My Peacekeepers would be Light Infantry (Western Weyard term for motorised infantry) and Rangers (light infantry comparable to the German Jäger). Size would be around 7,000 soldiers. If we don't need that many or need more - no problem, I'll adjust it accordingly.

(A multinational force is way more "fun", since you have coordinate your actions so on... )

[Sremski okrug]

I would not mind RP'ing part of a peacekeeping force.

[Dimoniquid]

I'm one, if not thee, largest person in terms of population here. I would be glad in having all three of your forces in my country while a civil war is erupting, causing a similar eruption of the Afghanistan war now, but with western technology, and slightly bigger numbers over militia forces, and army forces.

[Britcan]

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[Tenthreich]

With elections coming up, we could use assistance in keeping the peace. I was thinking you guys could come in and help manage the voting stations. A bombing occurs, followed by protests and then all heck breaks loose.

[Northwest Americana]

This sounds nifty. Although I currently will likely have most of my military resources tied up in a regional geopolitical conflict soon, I definitely would be willing to contribute to an international coalition with a decent number of troops.

Although I could bow out of OP feels that we have too many people for a multinational coalition, I'd love to participate.

[Baroneaux]

Wow, a lot of people responded! I don't want this RP to get too crowded, so unfortunately some of you aren't going to be able to participate.
No hard feelings, of course, it's just the nature of the game. Alright:

- Dimoniquid, I think you'll do nicely for the "host" country. If possible, could this RP take place in desert terrain?
- Western Weyard, Sremski okrug, Britcan, Northwest Americana, welcome to the multinational coalition.

I look forward to working with you all, and if you have any concerns/suggestions about the direction of the RP, I'd like to hear them.
Personally, I was thinking this should proceed as close to "real time" as possible: I'd rather see a slow and steady pace that still manages to keep interest bubbling over a period of time rather than a super fast-moving RP where the excitement boils over after a few pages and everyone loses interest.

Dimoniquid, since it is your country, you're welcome to write up the IC intro, but I understand if you have limited time and will be happy to do the honors if you can't.

[Western Weyard]

Maybe we should discuss the size and equipment of our contingents before we start. That should help to avoid any unnecessary confusion.
Oh, and how big will the area we'll be operating in be? I'm asking because I am RPing with a population of around 200 million and thus hardly can send my whole military to peacekeeping operations in a country that's ten times as big as mine.

[Dimoniquid]

Well, Aero is the second largest city in Dimoniquid, reaching a surface area roughly the size of Altamira, Pará, Brazil. The reason I picked this city was because it is the only city that features the desert terrain on the side, along with the terrain in the city itself. It contains about 100'000 people, rounded to the nearest thousand. The troops I'd be sending to calm down the city, since it's the main base of operations for the insurgents, would be a few thousand, possibly a million in total, counting logistics. You can see the kit here, along with weapons, and anything else to do with the military (please note, I'm still in an editing phase. This is NOT the final product.)


I'll see if I can work up an IC post. How long have I got?

[Sremski okrug]

I'm thinking of sending force like the US force in Iraq

[Yohannes]

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The Empire of Anagonia-Yohannes's peaceful armed defence forces, His Majesty Armed Defence Forces, would love to assist in a coalition of international peacekeeping operation.
Please include the dual empire in. Thank you.

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[Western Weyard]

Okay, the size of the area and it's population is fine with me.
I'll probably be sending one Light Infantry Brigade (around 4,700 soldiers), one Ranger battalion plus helicopters (around 2,500 soldiers) and a reinforced infantry battalion as a Quick Reaction Force (around 1,000 soldiers with heavy equipment). Additional units would include a PsyOps team, a mobile field hospital and various logistics units - all together somewhere around 7,500 soldiers.

If the situation gets worse, I'll probably send additional Rangers, infantry and artillery. But for now, they stay in there barracks in Western Weyard and pity those who are being sent to Aero.

Equipment can be found here. I'm also still editing it.

I'm thinking of sending force like the US force in Iraq

[Dimoniquid]

I'll have a few bases evacuated for your arrivals.

[Britcan]

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[Australien]

I'd be willing to participate in the peacekeeping force, if you're still looking for people.

around 15,000 would be my troop numbers (Though the initial deployment would be 9000, due to logistics).

[Western Weyard]

We will send the Britcan Desert Corps consisting of 45,000 men, trained for desert warfare, and 500 light tanks specialised to not break down in the desert.

Care to explain why you need that many soldiers? And why the heck do you need 500 light tanks for a peacekeeping mission?

To give you an example:
- IFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Country's population about 4.5 million, 54,000 troops in country - relation population to troops: 83:1
- KFOR in Kosovo: Country's population around 1.8 million, 50,000 troops in country - pop. to troops: 36:1
- ISAF in Afghanistan: Country's population around 28 million, 130,000 troops in country (plus 50,000 US non-ISAF troops) - pop. to troops: 215:1 (156:1 if you count in the non-ISAF troops)

You see the problem?

We're looking at an Area of Operations with a population of around 100,000 people (maybe Dimoniquid should raise that number a bit, regardless of troops sent - 2 million looks better and still gives us a lower population density than A-stan), and you're throwing 45,000 soldiers in. For your troops alone, the pop. to troops relation would be 2.2:1

Side note: If we go with a population of around 2 to 3 million and each of the five participants (Baroneaux, Western Weyard, Sremski okrug, Britcan, Northwest Americana) sends around 15,000-20,000 troops, we'll be looking at a pop. to troops relation between 20:1 and 40:1

Edit:

Okay, the size of the area and it's population is fine with me.

Note to self: Never post while being still half asleep.

[Australien]

I thought he meant that the 100,000 was just in the one city? Or is that the only are peacekeepers will be operating in?

[Dimoniquid]

I thought he meant that the 100,000 was just in the one city? Or is that the only are peacekeepers will be operating in?

People.


I can up the population, though.

[Australien]

I thought he meant that the 100,000 was just in the one city? Or is that the only are peacekeepers will be operating in?

People.


I can up the population, though.

Yeah, that's what I wasn't sure about. 100,000 people in just your largest city or the whole country?

[Western Weyard]

I thought he meant that the 100,000 was just in the one city? Or is that the only are peacekeepers will be operating in?

People.
I can up the population, though.

That would be cool, since this makes it much more realistic (as far as NS can be realistic... ^^) I'd advocate a population of around 3 million.
Baroneaux, I hope you don't mind me taking your idea and running with it. *hands back the idea*

[Dimoniquid]

People.


I can up the population, though.

Yeah, that's what I wasn't sure about. 100,000 people in just your largest city or the whole country?

Just in that city. The largest has around three hundred million, while other cities surround it.

[Australien]

Yeah, that's what I wasn't sure about. 100,000 people in just your largest city or the whole country?

Just in that city. The largest has around three hundred million, while other cities surround it.

That clears it up.
(300 million in a city is that FT?)