Nuclear Weapons Stolen! (Open/MT)

[Ketrily]

International Message from:

It is our Government's sad duty to reveal that seventeen Nuclear Warheads have been stolen from the Tisrocian WMD Depository and Launch Site.

We are sending Investigators and Military Units to the facility, but it is to late now to stop the theft. Security guards, Stationed military units, and Technicians at the complex were overrun by a small army of heavily armed and well funded persons. According to reports from our staff at the facility, they gunned down dozens of personnel, and somehow managed to reach the storage vaults.

These individuals then proceeded to take half of our 25 Megaton "Liberator" Nuclear Warheads to several large vehicles, and take them away. We cannot confirm the identity of these people as of yet, but reports coming in from the area seem to place them as a previously unknown terrorist faction.

Obviously for the safety of the wider global community, Ketrily has all but closed it's borders to all outgoing persons, and we advise other Governments to try to enforce strict checks on all incoming persons.

We also have decided to place all Non-Ketrilian-born citizens within our borders under surveillance for a short period of time, and are also completely quarantining the Tisrocian island until we are sure the threat has passed, and all foreign Corporations operating within our borders will have to temporarily Shut-Down, and we must authorise a state of emergency.

Please be ever vigilant, these individuals may have left our nation in the past 24 hours since the emergency, and have the capacity to wipe out billions of lives at a seconds notice.

We shall report our findings as they come to us.

Rachael Cooper,
Head of Foreign relations,
The Republic Of Ketrily

[Sharfghotten]

Statement from the CPS

Communist Party of Sharfghotten

The CPS is astounded at your inability to defend weapons of mass destruction from a group of buffoons armed with guns and little else. Perhaps in future security at your nuclear facilities should be tightened so as to prevent apes from taking what they please from your stockpiles.

All citizens of Kelitry descent in Sharfghotten are currently being relocated where they can be examined for any possible links with the aforementioned terrorist group.

[Lonara]

Official Imperial Communique
From the Desk of His Holy Kaiser Heinrich Willhelm Metzgermeister

It positively makes my head spin when occurrences such as this bring themselves to my attention. Nuclear weapons are without a doubt the most dangerous weapons of modern war, and have the capacity to destroy millions of lives at the blink of an eye. With this being said, it renders me dumbstruck that a nation could "lose" their store of nuclear weapons. It is apparent that security in your nation is lackadaisical at best, if you allow your weapons of mass destruction to just walk off at their own free will.

The Holy Empire of Lonaran offers it's assistance to the Republic of Ketrily in finding its lost warheads, lest the world suffer the consequences.

-Kaiser Heinrich Willhelm Metzgermeister, sovereign Lord of the Holy Empire of Lonara

[Ketrily]

Thank you to both The Communist Party of Sharfghotten and The Holy Empire of Lonaran for your pledges of assistence.

We are baffled at this, we have around 200 Fully-Armed Security personnel always assigned to the complex, as well as around 65 Lightly-Armed technicians. Our vault at the complex is a 20-Tonne Tungsten Enforced K48 Model. It can't be knocked down, melted, or blown up. The codes to open it change every week. This is frightening, these terrorists must have amassed a heavy arsenal and manpower for this operation.

If they have the ability to break into the complex, we shudder to think at what other resources they have at their disposal.

Our investigators will be at the complex in several hours, they will evaluate and report the eyewitness accounts, damage to the facility, and confirm the amount of Warheads stolen.

Rachael Cooper,
Head of Foreign relations,
The Republic Of Ketrily

[Lonara]

Official Imperial Communique

The Holy Lonaran Empire suggests that we be allowed to send in members of our Fallschirmjager special paratroopers, Ersatzgruppen special police, and Sturmtruppen fast reaction force. It is with these forces that we would be most able to assist you in your search for your nuclear arms. If allowed, we will begin landing them via IL-76 heavy cargo jets at your area of choosing.

[Ketrily]

Thank you to The Holy Empire of Lonaran for your offer of Support. General Darius Prant has provided you with this map. The desert Island of Tisrocia where the WMD Depo is, however General Prant also has instructed me to tell you that you must not go near the site itself. Please patrol the island but under no circumstances must your units near the Depo.

The green spots are your safe landing sights, please limit your actions to Tisrocia, and under no circumstances near our capital city of Condell.

Your men should bring sunscreen and a vast amount of water.

Rachael Cooper,
Head of Foreign relations,
The Republic Of Ketrily

[Gnobar]

Stolen? This is outrageous. We understand that they were taken via force but never the less it is unacceptable. We are worried that the group that took these weapons are working for a very powerful organization or even a rogue nation. These weapons must not be allowed escape. Not for your sake, everyone is at risk if we fail to re-capture the weapons.

These 12/13 missiles must be found. We insist that the elite GSOSF be allowed aid their services. This incident is too great for one nation to handle alone. As clearly they have proved themselves to be a force not to be taken lightly.

Aidan Bennett,
President of The Federation of Gnobar,
The Federation of Gnobar

[Lonara]

After they were briefed, the Ersatzgruppen troops donned their protective masks and overcoats. Their masks were air conditioned and heated to deal with extremes of temperatures, these were the most elite troops Lonara had to offer. The Sturmtruppen were next. They were to be the ones who guarded Lonaran aircraft and assets while in the area. Finally were the Fallschirmjagers who were there in case military action was required during the duration of their stay. With the IL-76's loaded, the black giants lumbered off of the runways.

The men were briefed during the flight over, each prepared and armed as if they were going straight to war. A few hours later the planes landed in the desert, slightly skidding across the sands as they made what could not be described as a graceful landing.

Ersatzgruppen Commander Arpke Geldwulf stepped out off of the plane and onto the desert sands. His voice hissed through the mask's microphone,

"What a lovely day for an investigation."

Inside, the comm officer was reaching the Ketrilyian authorities.

"Lonaran TH-31 to Ketrily command, we need to know what exactly you want us to do here."

[Ketrily]

The Federation of Gnobar's aid is happily accepted, please abide to the rules General Prant has set up for the Lonaran assistance, beware, the Tisrocian desert requires huge amount of water to be consumed by all military units within it.

Rachael Cooper,
Head of Foreign relations,
The Republic Of Ketrily

****

The men in the Control Tower at the Southern Sea were ready to respond to the Lonaran soldiers, their equipment was primed to their location, and their instructions were clear.

"This is Tisrocian Tower Installation Gamma, glad to hear from you TH-31." The man looked at his papers, coughed, and continued, "It appears General Prant wants you to mainly patrol the place, our military seems to be observing imports and exports. One lead I can give you is a Town 80 miles north of your position, it's the closest population centre to the Depo, and the terrorists may have passed through there."

He sniggered, "I hope you brought land vehicles."

[Gibet]

The National Socialist Nation of Gibet admits that the rogue group stole many weapons and mines, and other military weapons from our depots. However, we were not aware of their intentions as to raid the Depot. We will demand the return of the missiles. We will help hunt down and destroy the group. They requested our funding them to support a new government. Obviously, they lied. We had no intentions of allowing them to capture Nuclear Warheads. They will be found and they will be destroyed. Our intelligence reports suggest the group that we spoke to goes by the name of "Crimson Sword". They are a rogue group that have surfaced multiple times in Gibet. They have attempted to take over, but to no availe. Gibet apologozes for the in-conveinience to the world. We admit our actions were "stupid" and we regret that they escalated to this. However, recently, they were reported in the village of Sal-Alahdeem in Southern Gibet. They seased the stockpile of weapons and arms there before the raid on your Depot. We will assist in any way.

[Lonara]

The comm officer rolled his eyes beneath his breath mask.

"Begin unloading the Schneller 4x4's, we're heading out to the northernmost city from here. Eighty miles out."

Arpke walked back onto the plane, he sounded annoyed. Of course, it was hard to tell the difference beneath his mask.

"Did you just say that it's eighty miles out? Scheisse, das ist steer scheisse."

The Comm officer nodded, and returned to his radio. In the distance, the engines of the trucks could be heard starting up. There were just enough for the Ersatzgruppen, the Sturmtruppen and Fallschirmjager would have to stay behind with the planes.

"Thank you for failing to tell us that we were landing eighty miles south of our MO, excellent strategy...Gamma."

The men loaded their equipment into the trucks and began moving out, hoping that night would fall soon so their trucks wouldn't overheat.

[Gnobar]

General Charles McAllister and the GSOSF have been dispatched. We look forward to working with your fine nation in resolving this incident.

Aidan Bennett,
President of The Federation of Gnobar,
The Federation of Gnobar

Gnobarian Special Operations Strike Force, have a fearsome reputation from both allies and foes. Only the very best are even considered and only the best of those make it. Having completed a 6 month gruelling period in Tanack as part of their training the GSOSF have no problem working in barren areas such as a desert. Although not nearly as warm.

General McAllister steps forward
Right boys, you know the drill. Bit of a difference for us, we'll be working with Lonarian's finest along with Ketrilyians. Keep things clean, quiet and make Gnobar proud.

[Ketrily]

"General Prant likes to annoy foreigners, what can I say?"

****

Although we value The Dictatorship of Gibet's ideas as to the identity of this Terrorist group, we do not have sufficient evidence to confirm this. We do not believe that this group is known, they may be collaborating with Crimson Sword, but, evaluating profiles of this group, we do not believe they are the culprits.

Our military is overseeing all traffic in and out of the nation, we are confident we shall retrieve the weapons.

Rachael Cooper,
Head of Foreign relations,
The Republic Of Ketrily

****

He stood, looking at their aerial scans.

He laughed.

They try so hard, yet they will fail.

He picked up his Prototype Communicator, it's transmissions un-decryptable.

"This is the boss, how is transport going?"

A small crackle came, and a voice replied, "We have 8 of the warheads out of the country, they're being placed in their respective locations."

"The others still in the nation, these foreign military's are going to make it hard for us to get them out of the country."

"Do it... the extraction point is still reach-able?"

"Yessir!"

"Good, head to the point with the warheads, your transport will be there."

He put down the communicator, and smirked.

[Lonara]

The Schneller's roared through the desert, their advanced cooling systems protecting them from the brunt of the heat. Still, they could only manage fifty miles per hour under those conditions. When night came, the Ersatzgruppen's real operations would begin. Arpke picked up the radio inside of his Schneller, it was the lead vehicle.

"This is Commander Arpke of the Ersatzgruppen, we request that we be allowed aerial support if at all possible. Or at the very least, get us in communication with the gentlemen from the GSOSF, we're walking into this OP with a blindfold over our eyes and a gun at the back of our head. We need intelligence if you want us to provide you with any real assistance."

He cursed in Lonarische under his breath.

"Arpke out."

[Ketrily]

"Are you going to do it Prant?"

Peter Travis, the closest thing Ketrily had to a leader, glared at General Prant.

The General shook his head, "Peter, I must protest again to the idea that we need... foreigner's to protect ourselves."

Travis sighed, "Just pick up the damn phone."

Prant picked up the phone, and began to speak.

"This is General Dantius Prant of Ketrilian military, I've been... asked to speak with you Commander Arpke. Apparently I am the only one to tell you what to do, I have new intel for you and General McAllister."

"We have reports from civilians in the area that there are several trucks converging on your Objective, we don't know whether they are hostile or not, but they seem suspicious..."

"Judging by appearances, these trucks may hold some of our Warheads. Treat this with caution, if these are carrying the goods, they will probably be escorted by the terrorists."

"Any questions?"

[Gnobar]

A young comms commander dashed across the Gnobarian base camp towards General McAllistar. He entered the tent a quickly saluted the General. He cleared his throat.

"Sir, We've got the Lonarans patched through. They are requesting support before moving in.

McAllister moved across to a large map that was sprawled out across a table showing the region.

"Do we have clearance to use Ketrilyian airspace?"

Both the man and McAllister left the tent and moved across to the comms center. McAllister order a man upon entering to assemble 1st, 4th and 21st squad. The comms commander handed McAllister a radio piece and set the frequency to that of the Lonarans.

"Lonarans do you read? This is General McAllister, GSOSF. I take it time is of the essence, and we can't afford to wait for airspace clearance. Three squads have been despatched to your position via chopper. ETA 1950 hours."

The three squads assembled in front of McAllister.

"Wish I had more information for you boys. Your to meet up with the Lonarans for a joint op. Objective is to capture several suspicious trucks. It's a city with friendlys. Keep your fire tight. You'll be briefed further on the Black-Hawks"

[Ketrily]

"General McAllister?" Prant heard the General over the radio, "This is General Prant, I was just talking with the Commander on recent intel."

"And I can't allow you to use aircraft at this time, I don't want to alert any hostiles to your presence, if they do... We can easily lose those Warheads."

[Lonara]

Arpke paused for a moment,

"Understood General."

Another communication came up through his radio, it was the Gnobarian General McAllistar.

"We've just been given word that our MO might possibly be in the city to the north of our location. Have your choppers ghost us a mile south and your men can land just outside the city and move in with mine. We're going to try to intercept the trucks as they exit the city, and assuming they don't, we'll move in and take them inside of the city if the situation requires it."

Arpke took in a deep breath of recycled mask air, it tasted sterile on his tongue.

"If your slicks get bingo on fuel, we can take care of your men."

[Gnobar]

"General Prant, I understand your concern but we don't have the time. This is the quickest way to get close. How about we drop my boys off before the city limits to rendezvous with the Lorarans? That way we will keep the element of surprise and my men can get there faster so we don't lose them"

[Ketrily]

"I suppose there ain't no arguing with you, is there?"

Prant sighed, "Aright, do it, but be careful, if we screw this up..."

Prant put down the phone, he hoped Arpke and McAllister were doing.

[Gnobar]

"We've got the green. Move out!

The three squads quickly made there way to three Black-Hawks. One of the pilots turned to the squad entering the chopper.

"Sergeant we'll patch you through to Arpke for rendezvous co-ordinates"

[Lonara]

The sun was setting over the desert, and they were now only forty miles outside of the city. The men remained silent, and Arpke's cold steel gray eyes remained focused on the radar display in front of him inside of the Schneller-H lead vehicle. Dots appeared on the screen, they were the Gnobarian heilo's. Good, they were on their way. That would make the entire operation that much easier.

"General McAllistar, we're forty miles out. ETA less than an hour."

[Ketrily]

The trucks drove into the town, as well as several other vehicles containing the terrorists.

They were dressed head to toe in black, including balaclavas.

They all had pistols and assault rifles strapped to their bodies, some even had RPGs at the ready. The people of the town that had been out a minute ago were fleeing into their homes, the the terrorists never spoke, but they communicated their threat perfectly.

One of them walked to a corner, and picked up his communicator.

"We're at the extraction area, where is our transport?"

There was no answer.

"Hello?"

There was no answer.

"Where the fu-"

A single reply came.

"Been nice working with you, Sorry it has to end like this."

"Wha-?"

"Look to the south."

The terrorist gazed to a hill around 40 miles to the south, and he saw it... The enemy helicopters and transports that were approaching

He smashed the communicator to the ground, and raised his voice to his men.

"We've been set up! Quickly, get the hell outta here!!"

Some terrorists just ran like the wind at this, but most of them ran back to the vehicles, and tried to flee. It looked like they had to try to escape.

I'm turning in, but you guys can handle the battle in any way you want, but here are the guidelines:

-Do not blow up the trucks.
-Don't try to interrogate the terrorists (yet), or find out what they are doing.
-Don't godmod
-Just handle the battle until I come back, don't advance the plot.
-And make it interesting for me...

[Gnobar]

"Rodger, I'm going to patch you through to Sergeant Cackett. Good luck. Over and out.

"This is Sergeant Cackett. We'll be entering the cities radar range soon, we'll be flying low to avoid detection just to be safe. Over"

[Arabiak]

To:The Republic of Ketrily
Arabiak wishes to send a few of its counter-terrorism agents from the ACTD(Arabiak Counter-Terrorism Department) to assist in the apprehension of the alleged terrorists who stole those nuclear warheads. We wish to maintain peace and stop these terrorists from using any of those nukes. If you agree to our offer, our agents will arrive in 1-2 days time via SubSonic jetcraft. We will require a large airport though.