Moneylania Internal Affairs (MT, IC, Closed)

[Dordale]

The Youthsville Pact

Your countdown is unnecessary as we regret your demands, Now and any other demands. The next step is yours, we wait to see your joke.

From
Dordale representing the central powers.

[Dordale]

Lt General Maxson orders the movement of Dordalian soldiers to move into the destroyed base to Secure it. As the unmanned drones begin to shoot down the balloons.

Soldier-Sir what if we don't shoot down all of them.

Maxson-it doesn't matter, war is already upon us when they came here. They would of came here for gas samples. Inform the Grand General Chris Stead and the Duke.

The message goes out and in response Dordale goes onto high alert. As the Iron line starts to being maned by drones and soldiers. (The Iron line is like the Maginot Line but in Dordale, which is maned from Imperio Solisar to Kazna. Which is heavily armed and considered by most impenetrable). As for that the Duke calls for a meeting of all CP leaders at SteelHazel.

[Banana Federation]

Destroyed Vaidos Military Base:

After collecting the package, the ACBMD swiftly moves to cruising altitude and begins to head towards Palomarian airspace to avoid Dordalian air units.


Drone Control Ship:

Drone Operator: It looks like we have the package. Seems the mission was mostly a success.

Captain: Good, then we can get out of here.

The ship begins to head out of the Uzmorr Bay, on course to Federation waters.

[Sibaria]

Message from Redovan Stojanovic
To: Supreme Kaiser Max Von Brunitch

Message Begin
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Max. This is a personal message directly from Redovan Stojanovic. Please, as a request directly from me, contain your ally. You have power over him stop such atrocities.

Please, consider the consequences. We have issued an ultimatum to Dordale. In this ultimatum, we have issued these demands to Dordale:

-Withdraw all troops from Vaidos immediately and conduct ceasefires
-Hand over all chemical weapons
-Allow the Pact inspect your nation for WMD's and terrorists

Please, for the sake of world peace, punish them for the use of chemical weapons and make them submit to some or all of our demands.

Signed
Redovan Stojanovic Redo, 5th President of the Sibarian Federation and 4th Leader of the Youthsville Pact

[Ironcastle]

Comminque from Ironcastle to all nations currently engaged in Vaidos and surrounding regions

While the lack of progress on a peaceful solution is regrettable, we wish to ask of you a forty-eight hour humanitarian ceasefire. This would allow civilians to leave wartorn areas, and for supplies to be delivered where they are needed. Ironcastle and the North Moneylania Federation are capable of handling all humanitarian operations, using unarmed aircraft and trucks. We hope for a swift response, for the sake of thousands of innocent lives.

[Sibaria]

BREAKING NEWS

NEW PUBLIC INFORMATION

ULTIMATUM DELCARED

News out of Vladivastak today reveal an ultimatum issued by the Sibarian government that has met public eye after three days.

The ultimatum, declared on Saturday, states that all Dordalian troops withdraw from Vaidos among others or face a full scale Sibarian led invasion. Sibarian officials have given Grand Duke Hazel 168 hours to decide.

Cutting live to Vladivastak now, where president Stojanovic is addressing the situation.

Stojanovic: My fellow Sibarians and international views. The past few days, we have waited for answers regarding the use of chemical weapons in Vaidos. The regieme during their time in Vaidos, has committed atrocities unknown in the modern world. There is no place for terror and nerve destroying weapons of destruction in this modern world. A few months ago, the Youthsville Pact passed the Stojanovic Conviction, in case anything like this would occur. We were right. The Youthsville Pact has been rearming the militaries in the Uzmorr Bay due to the rise of terror and the rise of the Central Powers. We were right. The Youthsville Pact has been building relations with the East so we can combat the possible rise of terror regimes. We were right. So that is why, the Sibarian government has finnaly decided. After weeks of pondering and questions, our request is simple. Grand Duke Hazel of Dordale, you have 168 hours to comply. Remove all troops from Vaidos. Disarm your WMD's and give them to Moneyzone peacekeeping forces. If you do not, your nation will feel the might of Sibaria and her power. I finish on this note. Free nations have the will to unite against the violent. That is why I call up my Youthsville Pact neigbours, our new friends in the East and our protectorates in the Uzmorr Bay to assist us. Help fight against this terror regime. May God bless this country, and the free world it sits on. Gospodi spasi i sokhrani.

And that was President Stojanovic, announcing live for the first time, the ultimatum to Dordale. More news soon.

[Banana Federation]

Banana Federation Parliament:

Secretary of Defense Ortsin Ayuda leaves his office after speaking with the President. He heads to a meeting room where he has called a conference with several industrial leaders.

Ortsin Ayuda: Gentlemen, I presume you do not yet know why I have called this meeting. I will reveal in time, but first I must ask... What is Raul Trentino doing here?

President Raul Trentino of Scuro: Oh, didn't you hear? I bought out Bastion Arms Ltd.

Ortsin Ayuda: Right, well then, I have called you all here because the President and I have come to an agreement.

Raul Trentino: Wait, what?

Ortsin Ayuda: Not you, I meant President Fuerza.

Raul Trentino: Ah, gotcha.

President John Williams of OMN Corp: You probably shouldn't use the word president to refer to someone in a meeting with half a dozen presidents.

Ortsin Ayuda: Right... Well, nonetheless, the decision has been made to enact partial industrial mobilisation to deal with the rising threats in the region. As such, we need to significantly increase production of drones and small arms. We will not be calling up reserves, however, so no increase in support equipment or manned vehicles.

CEO Silvio Traveiso of Geld Robotics: So what is it exactly that we need to do?

Ortsin Ayuda: We will be placing shipments for thirty new autonomous regiments.

John WIlliams: Don't you only have three at the moment?

Ortsin Ayuda: That is correct. Oh, and I want them finished by November.

Silvio Traveiso: Do you have any idea how difficult that will be?

Ortsin Ayuda: I do. That's why we're paying 50% more than standard.

There is a pause for a few moments.

Raul Trentino: So... When do we start?

[Sibaria]

In Vladivastak

Stojanovic: Kozlov, I bring some good news. Reznovistan and Daminy has decided to lends it support to our cause.

Kozlov: Good. We have drafted the plans for invasion sir. All we need is the amount of planes, jets, cargo planes and so on we are willing to dedicate to the war effort.

Stojanovic: Mmmmm...... I believe we dedicate a lot. I believe you know why?

Kozlov: Yes. We wrote that down in the plans, sir.

Stojanovic: Good. Good. Send some more reinforcements to Palomaria. We need to prepare.

[Ironcastle]

Airspace above Gravida

Another MiG explodes into a ball of fire, leaving only two left on the attack run.

Omega Lead: We're two kilometers from the target. Preparing to fire.

Omega 4: I'm hit!

The third Fishbed hits the road below it hard, exploding.

Omega Lead: Alpha, I need more cover!

Alpha Lead: Roger. Alpha, switch to swarm missiles.

The MiGs covering Omega fire missiles that break up into smaller missiles, but the Falcons remain on Omega.

Omega Lead: I'm in range. Dropping bombs.

The surviving MiG drops a series of cluster bombs right outside the front of the bank, then pulls up.

Omega Lead: It's away!

[Ironcastle]

ICAF Aerial Proving Grounds

Several of Iromcastle's top brass and leading scientists from IARPA are at the Round Table for a demonstration of a new weapon.

Head Scientist: Generals. Field Marshall.

Field Marshall Hans Grant nods, giving approval to the scientist to continue.

Head Scientist: As you are well aware, our armed forces face the risk of something called 'swarm drones'. They are deployed in large numbers in attempts to overwehlm defensive systems, and they are remarkably effective at doing that. To counter them, we've looked back a century for inspiration.

He focuses the audience's attention on an old 88mm flak cannon.

General: You weren't kidding.

Head Scientist: During the War, we developed a magnetic flak shell that detonated when it encountered metal-bodied aircraft. However, research into this field was abandoned with the advent of surface to air missiles. IARPA has developed a new type of shell based on the old proximity shell to defeat swarm drones.

He presses a button, and a nearby AMV-7 revvs its engine. At the same time, about one hundred small consumer quadrotors lift off of the ground two hundred meters from the IFV.

Head Scientist: Please step behind these concrete barricades.

The audience does so, and watches the field from several viewscreens. Once the drones have assembled in a swarm formation, the IFV fires a single shot from its cannon. The shell detonates close to the frontmost drone and shatters into shrapnel, taking out all but a few of the remaining drones.

FMAR Grant: Excellent work. General, see to it that this shell is allocated more funding.

General: Yessir.

[Platacia]

Gravida:

The ground forces, having evacuated all civilians from the area, flee as the MiGs approach. From further away, AA cannons attempt to shoot down the incoming bomber, but fail to do so due to lack of targeting capabilities. The cluster bomb destroys the road outside the bank, on which the blockade was positioned, but due to the swift retreat nobody was killed, despite several injuries and much property damage. Meanwhile, the Platacian pilots change their tactics.

Wing Commander: We must stop this rampant destruction. Ignore that Hind and drive these beasts into the sea!

The Platacian jets begin attempting to force the MiGs away from the CBD.

[Ironcastle]

Imperial Bank of Platacia

With the road cleared, the Hind hovers right in front of the door.

Red: Everybody in! Go!

The six robbers bundle into the Hind, discarding their armour and weapons. It ascends and heads for the coastline.

Airspace above Gravida

Omega Lead: There's too many! I can't-

Omega Lead's MiG goes down, hitting a river. With only five MiGs left, they begin to retreat to the east.

Alpha Lead: All planes pull back. Let's get out of here.

[Sibaria]

In a field, just outside of Petrevich borders

With just over five days remaining on the ultimatum, General Kozlov and multiple military officials observe the capabilities of a fully operational An-22A, with weapons on each side, capable of raining hell from the sky.

General Kozlov: Anyone in the An-22A?

As Kozlov says this, the cargo doors in the back of a standard An-22 in front of the An-22A open up as 80 or so people deploy from the back, along with two T-90's. As they deploy, weapons mounted on the sides of the An-22A begin to fire onto the ground below, destroying any potential threats while creating a "dirt screen" to protect the paratroopers. They land on the ground as the An-22A circles around the area. A lock-on missile is launched from an unmanned location towards the An-22A, however it deploys flares as it begins to unload a storm of 105 mm Howitzer shells down onto the target.

General Kozlov: Well...... That's interesting....

In Veros City, Palomaria.

Mihajlovic: So, when are the reinforcements arriving? We need to get these men out as quick as possible!

Gym: I believe, right..... about...... now.

Mihajlovic looks outside the window as an An-225 and two An-22's land on the tarmac.

Mihajlovic: Ah. Good! Get all the gear out as quickly as possible. I want those planes up within the hour!

Crew from all around grab equipment and help unpacking the cargo. The An-225 is packed with multiple T-90's, UAZ's, Vodniks, and Ural GRAD's among others. One the An-22s is packed with even more vehicals, medical supplies, weapons, ammo, food, water and fuel and the other is full of S.R.E.3's and other drones ready to be used. Moments later, multiple jets land, with Tu-160Ms, Su-34s and T-50s dominating the others.

Mihajlovic: *Laughs*. With this, how can we lose?!

Gym: You're right. That is a lot of equipment.

Mihajlovic: With more to come!

Gym: How?

Mihajlovic: Manpower, my friend. Manpower.

[Sibaria]

Vrasav, Dnalop

President Popov: You! Bring me a drink.... No, some food..... No, diplomacy! Bring me a pen!

Aide: Ummm.... A pen? You have one right there on your desk.

Popov: This? *picks up pencil*

Aide: Sir, that's not a pen.

Popov: What'a 'bout this? *picks up a highlighter*

Aide: No. That's a highlighter.

Popov: Thi...

Aide: That's vodka...

Popov: I need a drink, all this diplomacy is making me thirsty.

Aide: Sir, with all due respect, you haven't done anything today. In fact, you barely ever do anything!

Popov: Being me is hard. Now, I have to write out this form saying I will help Stojanovic in pencil! See what you caused me to do?

Aide: Sir, there is a pen right the.....

Popov: Silence, you pleb!

Aide: Sir, did you just call me a ple.....

Popov: Out!

Vladivastak, Sibaria

Stojanovic: Maybe send some drones there into.... Wait, what is this? A fax?

Stojanovic walks to the fax machine.

Stojanovic: Must be the Unbidden again. Oh wait, no. It's Popov. Why the hell is this in pencil? Why is there a smiley face at the bottom?......

Stojanovic reads over the letter

Stojanovic: Good. More support. We shall need it. Now, let's get Popov some first world spelling education, because that is not how you spell "friend".

[Ironcastle]

Elsewhere in the ICAF Proving Grounds...

People are milling about, performing general maintenance as the X-33 'ACE' taxis onto the runway.

ATC: Uh, drone control, does ACE have an order to take off? It's not on the schedule.

Drone Control: Say again, ATC.

ATC: ACE's headed out to the runway. I don't care how secret your mission is, you still need permission to taxi.

Drone Control: We didn't give ACE any such orders.

ATC: Then why is it preparing to take off?

Drone Control: I have no idea! Stop it!

ATC: Guard, this is ATC. We have a rogue plane on the runway. Stop it immediately, over.

Guard Unit: Roger, we'll set up a blockade.

The guards rush from their barracks to their vehicles and try to get on the runway before the plane takes off. However, the plane beats them to it, ascending into the sky.

ATC: Radar, do we have a fix on it's heading?

Radar Operator: Negative. It doesn't have any IFF active. Hold on, I have a weak signal. Looks like it's heading north. Scratch that, north north-west.

ATC: Towards Scuro?

Radar Operator: Affirmative.

[Ironcastle]

Briefing Room, President's House

The President and his cabinet, minus the Secretary of Defense, are sitting around the table. He soon barges in.

President Lister: Johnson! What's so important you had to drag me away from the Senate Inquiry?

SECDEF Johnson: I presume you know of the Autonomous Combat Experiment?

President Lister: A fully autonomous fighter jet. Yes, I recall the brass disallowing its use in combat. Anyways, go on.

SECDEF Johnson: There was an incident at the ICAF Proving Ground an hour ago. The ACE taxied onto the runway without authorisation, then took off.

President Lister: Do we know what happened?

SECDEF Johnson: Not yet, Mr. President. We're currently tracking it, but considering the effort we put into making it invisible, well. It's been difficult to say the least.

President Lister: Where was it last seen?

SECDEF Johnson: Headed towards Scuro. Should we alert Scurose?

The President thinks for a moment.

President Lister: What classification does this project have?

SECDEF Johnson: Eyes only.

President Lister: We'll keep this under wraps for now.

SECINT Kent: Sir, if I may.

President Lister: Go ahead.

SECINT Kent: I've been reading the evaluation reports for the ACE here, and I'm not sure we can beat it. It's managed to outfight and entire flight of Thunders, while half of its sensors were disabled.

President Lister: Johnson, contact the airbase closest to the Scuroian border along the projected path. Get a flight up, but do not engage.

[Scuro]

Scuroian Air Force Base, Scuroian-Ironian Border:

Pvt. McDonald: Hey, look on the radar. What are the Ironians doing?

Pvt. Ronald: *Looks at the radar screen* Probably just dropping napalm on some tax evader again.

Pvt. McDonald: Hmm, maybe we should call them and ask what they're doing.

Pvt. Ronald: Nah, then we'd have to talk to Tim again.

Pvt. McDonald: I've got an idea.

Pvt. McDonald calls the Ironian airbase from which planes are being dispatched to search for he missing drone.

Pvt. McDonald: (Over radio to the Ironian base in a bad Lucklondish accent) Hello, this is Potato Electronics, we are wishing for you to purchase our new product, the Mysterious Ironian Air Operation 3000.

[Ironcastle]

Rokfeld AFB, near the Scuroian border

CPL Haines: McDonald, I know that's you. All I know is we're scrambling four Raptors and they might come close to your airspace. There's been some talk around the base about a missing aircraft; Private Franklin said he overheard the CO talking about some 'ace'. Anyways, that's all I've got.

[Scuro]

Scuroian Air Force Base:

Pvt. McDonald: (Now in bad Sibarian accent) Ha ha ha, you have fallen into the trap of the mighty Sibarian hackers-...

Col. Sanders: (Southern accent) McDonald! What in tarnation is going on here!?

Pvt. McDonald: Uh, sir the, uh Ironians. They're doing... Things?

Col. Sanders: Veeery helpful, private. Now step aside and let me speak to whoever is on the other side of that there newfangled talking-machine. *He steps up to the radio* Now, then, I-ro-ni-an, what, precisely, are you doing, across that there border?

[Ironcastle]

Rokfeld AFB

CPL Haines: All I can say is we've launched a flight of Raptors. Look, they're keeping us in the dark too. I'll relay more information if I'm instructed to.

[Scuro]

Scuroian Air Force Base:

Col. Sanders: You do that then son. I've got some o' them there deviants here to deal with.

The Colonel turns off the radio and turns to the two privates.

Pvt. Ronald: Uh, sir... It wasn't our fault... King did it!

Col. Sanders: Private Burger was a con-spiritor too then? Well you'll all be enjoying some special treatment together then...

A silence falls upon the room for several seconds, as the Colonel glares at the two privates.

Col. Sanders: Because that right there was the greatest prank since '03!

Pvt. McDonald: Sir, wasn't that an attempted coup?

Col. Sanders: And a darn fine one at that. Maybe one day we can have one of our own. *He puts his arms around the shoulders of both radar operators. Let's go get Pvt. Burger. The first round is on me.

[Ironcastle]

Scuro-Ironcastle Border Airspace

The four Raptors of Blue Flight have reached their assigned altitude of 25,000 feet.

Blue Lead: Keep an eye out for any planes. It's got stealth, so radar might not work.

Blue Two: Did command actually tell us what it is we're looking for?

Blue Three: They've got us hunting aliens, that's what.

Blue Lead: All I know is it's some kind of fighter, but it's unarmed.

After a few minutes, Blue Three has a blip on the radar.

Blue Three: Hey, did you see that?

Blue Two: Barely. It could just be a flock of birds.

Blue Three: No, it was moving to fast.

Blue Lead: Blue Flight, move to intercept.

The Raptors dive to five thousand feet, where the blip was last seen.

Blue Two: Sir, we're ten clicks from the border. We can't pursue it across.

Blue Lead: I know.

The Raptors continue, but reach the border before finding the missing plane.

Rokfeld AFB: Blue Flight, you're at the border. Return to base, we'll let the spooks handle this from here.

Hidden Airfield, somewhere in Scuro

The ACE touches down and taxis to a hangar.

???: The plan went flawlessly. The Ironians couldn't track it.

???: Very good. See to it that our friends in Platacia return safely as well.

President's Office, Senate

An aide opens the door.

Aide: Sir, Field Marshall Grant is on line two.

President Lister: I'll take it here.

The aide closes the door and the President pushes a button. The windows turn opaque and several anti-listening devices are activated.

President Lister: Did you find it?

FMAR Grant: I'm afraid we've lost it. It's somewhere in Scuro.

The President puts his hand on his forehead and sighs.

President Lister: We need to find this before it leaks, let alone someone else finds it. Have you at least found out why it took off?

FMAR Grant: Yes, we did. The hackers knew the codes and just plugged them in onsite. We're reviewing security cam footage, but much of it was disrupted. I recommend you get Chief Raske to send in her spooks.

President Lister: I'll make the call. Nice talking with you, Grant.

FMAR Grant: Likewise.

[Peacewalkers]

*looks at the man with an odd face*

Saboteur-Wait so this isnt about the donkey? i swear it was.

*looks at the box and then back at the man before realisation dawns on his face*

Saboteur-Ohhh! this is one of the sequels to the Stolen franchise? with Miam Deeson? i love those movies! those special affects are really good, might want to lay off on the stench though, might make the extra's throw it back up you know what i am saying?

*looks around the room*

Saboteur-oh wait that means i am in the movie! i should play the part then..um..you will never get this information, many a chipmunk has died to bring it to me

*whispers to the man*

Saboteur-How was that? i should be an actor eh?

*gives a wink before slipping back into character*

Saboteur-I will not be here forever! my allies shall find me! they will kill you all for this, mark my words!

[Carbon Dogs]

The Interrogator gives a signal to one of the other soldiers who moves a cart filled with various tools, knives, drugs, etc.

Interrogator: Very well you want to play this the hard way.

The Interrogator picks up an IV and sticks it into the saboteur's neck

Interrogator: That right there is not your daily dose of vitamin c, it is however, a solution of Naloxone.

The Interrogator pulls out a knife designed for tearing as much flesh as possible

Interrogator: Now seeing as you didn't want to go the easy way, in two minutes I am going to shove this into your shoulder, and you will feel the most unimaginable pain for aslong as this knife is in your shoulder. That solution is designed to block your bodies natural painkillers, do enjoy the small time you have left.

The Interrogator steps out of sight and waits for the Naloxone to kick in.

Interrogator: And now the fun part.

The Interrogator stabs his knife into the saboteur's shoulder.

Interrogator: Perhaps we should start on simple things, your name perhaps?

[Ironcastle]

Breaking News: Drone Strike Act Defeated in the Senate

In a blow to the ruling Conservative Party, the Drone Strike Act was defeated by a combination of other parties and several rogue Senators. President Lister, who is a member of the Conservative Party, expressed his disappointment at the failure. If passed, the act would have allowed the military to kill terrorists within Ironcastle without a trial. The leader of the Liberal Party has thanked the thirty-three members of the Conservative Party for crossing the floor to vote with the other parties. It is currently unknown whether the Conservatives will attempt to pass the legislation again.