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Postby Deidesheim » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:00 am

These fleet and armies sailed from the Deidesheimian colonies of Formosa(Taiwan) and Luzon(an island of Philippinen)
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Postby Nazi Madagascar Republic » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:04 am

Madagascar Navy sends twenty Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines to the Pacific, under the command of Maurice II "Dönitz"
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Postby Deidesheim » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:18 am

Acoustic sensors detected the submarines and two squadrons of Amerika bombers(they are actually russian bombers!!!!) carrying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M-54_Kalibr launched these missiles to the Virginia class submarines when they were within range
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Postby Nazi Madagascar Republic » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:23 am

The Virginia-class subs launched decoy torpedoes as a countermeasure against the attack. Meanwhile, Admiralissimo Maurice II "Dönitz" orders all subs to fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDAS_(missile) SAMs towards the Amerika bombers

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Postby Deidesheim » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:23 am

It's 5:22 AM here in the East coast

Gonna continue this
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Postby Deidesheim » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:24 am

Deidesheim wrote:It's 5:22 AM here in the East coast

Gonna continue this

Afternoon
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Postby Deidesheim » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:32 am

Nazi Madagascar Republic wrote:The Virginia-class subs launched decoy torpedoes as a countermeasure against the attack. Meanwhile, Admiralissimo Maurice II "Dönitz" orders all subs to fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDAS_(missile) SAMs towards the Amerika bombers

One last post before hitting the hay 8)

Decoys led some missiles astray but most are still going after the submarines as they dive underwater.....meanwhile, fighter escorts launched missiles to intercept the IDAS
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Postby Nazi Madagascar Republic » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:38 am

IDAS missiles are small, therefore fighter escorts cannot simply intercept such missiles with AAMs, meanwhile the decoy torpedoes are so advanced that they perfectly simulate a much-louder submarine than the actual Virginia-class subs by simply producing louder acoustic signature than the actual Virginia-class.

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Postby Deidesheim » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:40 am

Nazi Madagascar Republic wrote:IDAS missiles are small, therefore fighter escorts cannot simply intercept such missiles with AAMs, meanwhile the decoy torpedoes are so advanced that they perfectly simulate a much-louder submarine than the actual Virginia-class subs by simply producing louder acoustic signature than the actual Virginia-class.

The Amerika bombers are 500km away therefore the IDAS died at around 20km

Checkmate
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Postby Nazi Madagascar Republic » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:43 am

The only Kalibr missile variant that can actually sink subs is the 91RE1 variant, which has a range of 50 km, and the 91RTE2 variant, which as a range of 40 km. Therefore the Amerika Bombers still have to be close to the submarines.

Checkmate.

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Postby Deidesheim » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:46 am

Nazi Madagascar Republic wrote:The only Kalibr missile variant that can actually sink subs is the 91RE1 variant, which has a range of 50 km, and the 91RTE2 variant, which as a range of 40 km. Therefore the Amerika Bombers still have to be close to the submarines.

Checkmate.

The IDAS shall not pass through the 20km maximum range therefore the bombers are safe

Checkmate
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Postby Nazi Madagascar Republic » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:47 am

The IDAS missiles are modified by glorious Malagasy engineering with increased range of 50 km, same range as 91RE1 which is the only Kalibr missile variant along with 91RTE2 to be actually anti-sub.

Checkmate.

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Postby Deidesheim » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:48 am

Nazi Madagascar Republic wrote:The IDAS missiles are modified by glorious Malagasy engineering with increased range of 50 km, same range as 91RE1 which is the only Kalibr missile variant along with 91RTE2 to be actually anti-sub.

Checkmate.

The anti-submarine Kalibr variant is also modified by the glorious Kaiser engineering, increasing the range up to 1000km

Checkmate.
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Postby Nazi Madagascar Republic » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:49 am

By the power of Mpitarika Faratampony Rajoelina II 'Julien', the IDAS missiles extend their range to 5,400 km, therefore Kaiserboos shall be humiliated instead.

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Postby Deidesheim » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:54 am

Nazi Madagascar Republic wrote:By the power of Mpitarika Faratampony Rajoelina II 'Julien', the IDAS missiles extend their range to 5,400 km, therefore Kaiserboos shall be humiliated instead.

By the power of the glorious Kaiser Frederick the Great, we will invade Madagascar!
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Postby Nazi Madagascar Republic » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:56 am

Mpitarika Faratampony Rajoelina II 'Julien' orders the "final solution" on the Kaiserboo Question. As a result, two massive sun guns, one named "Sword of Archangel Michael", the other "Sword of Salazar", incinerates all Deidesheimians with the power of the Sun, roasting them like dogs in Yulin Festival.

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Postby Deidesheim » Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:59 am

Deidesheim is destroyed. After terrorizing the region for so long, Deidesheim has become an uninhabitable wasteland.
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Postby Nazi Madagascar Republic » Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:02 am

Despite being saturated with missile strikes from the Saigants, Madagascar survives thanks to everyone in the entire country living underground. With glorious victory, Mpitarika Faratampony Rajoelina II 'Julien' makes a public speech:

"Congratulations to the brave guardians of the Malagasy race, we have won against the Kaiserboos and as a result we are strong.

Voninahitra ho an'ny tafika! Voninahitra ho an'ny firenentsika!"

Meanwhile, Admiralissimo Maurice II "Dönitz" was awarded the Nine-Tail Lemur Cross of the Baobab Tree for his cunning and brave service.

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Postby Annihitor the Incred » Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:07 am


:eek: IT SPEAKS :eek:

:shock: ALL LISTEN :shock:

:? NONE OBJECT :?

:blink: FOR ALL KNOW :blink:

:bow: ITS POWER IS SUPREME :bow:


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A distinct smell of recently-washed kuyak wafted over the Bottomless Pit. From the pit, endless corruption flew in the form of T-44 tanks, AK-47 guns and assorted equipment of the Thirty Years War, such as muskets and bottom-heavy artillery. Except, none of it mattered. The pit was in a remote part of Annihitor the Incred and of no consequence to anyone.

So much for that.

On to the real missive. It has been said AGAIN and AGAIN, countries like Madagascar have NO BUSINESS being superpowers that wield phallic fire-sticks LIKE IT IS GOING OUT OF STYLE. Yet, none listened. And when none listens, ACTION replaces SPEECH. This is that time. You CURS have drawn the IRE of a [translation failed] beyond your capacity to comprehend. As of today, the Magniferous and Supremaphic Power of Annihitor the Incred is in a state of TOTAL WAT with the Nazi Madagascar Republic. May their gods have mercy on them, for Superior Leader Annihitor the Incred certainly WILL NOT.

Signed by us today,
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RESTORATION OF THE NATURAL ORDER

"Stomp them flat."

Verdi - Dies Irae




In the capital of Mighty Capital, the Superior Leader of all eponymous Incred, summoned his aide to give an order of much consequence. As the aide ran up to the Eternal Chair, dodging left hooks and karate kicks from palace guards, the Superior Leader took in all that was the man, and found his left shoe lacking in colour. This could be dangerous, for shooting messengers was as much a national pastime as a necessity in these parts.

"Cough cough. Tsk tsk. Your left shoe is subpar. Fix now, or you will disappear!"

The aide stopped, understood, and swiftly spit on the offending shoe, correcting its offence.

"Better, mmm. Better! Now, I have an order to give. Pass it down to the 1337th Artillery Unit, for obvious action."

"Yes, Supreme One", said the buffoon, falling to the floor and grovelling as befit his station.

"We have an upstart in our midst, a nation whose influence never should have left its lonely island. They must be taught the error of their ways, by way of death!"

The buffoon summoned up some boldness, and replied.

"Eh.. they're nazis, Supreme One. Pretty similar to us, and not hated communists."

He was lucky the Superior Leader was in a good mood. Oh, was he lucky.

"So what? All ideology stems from me. What I created, I am well within my rights to destroy for fun. Order an artillery unit prepared! Now."

"Yes, Supreme One. At once!"

With the efficiency of a billion braindead bureaucrats spliced with dumb macaques, the order to destroy filtered down through ranks until it reached a company of three artillerymen enjoying a game of "kick the rabid dog". The pager rang, and Chabus II, the corporal, looked at it with unconcealed hostility.

"Thing beeps again. It means order to destroy. Distracting me from kicking dog to death! Fool."

He picked it up... and his face folded right into his head, which folded into his neck as if it had never been there at all, his terminally unconscious body thumping to the irradiated ground. The order had come from the Superior Leader himself, and such was the price of blasphemy.

A replacement corporal, full of loyalty and pure blood, ran up to replace him. He picked up the discarded pager. The message read simply: "Stomp them flat". He would do just that.

"Well, you too want inward squeeze?! Prep this pea shooter, now!"

Said and done. Incred efficacy knew no bounds, and in short order the cannon was loaded and targeted north, on an outgoing trajectory to somewhere filthy foreigners lived and civilisation was nonexistent.

"On! Tue! Tree! Fier!"

With minimal recoil, the multi-petabyte load was sent away with a hollering cheer.

Burn brightly, so you don't get doused.


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Melt like a f***ing candle.

Yes...

The load struck with the force of ten billion tons of horse manure being accelerated beyond all reason, vaporising the upstarts where they stood, sat, and marched. Some wimpy satellites and a goddamn moon got in the way, but were easily brushed aside. A tidal wave of death rocked the world, eviscerating all underground habitation and boiling fleets in the oceans like God's own chicken soup. The targeted empire knew, to the extent horror can live in the fraction of a second, they had severely overstepped and were being punished by Supreme Wrath.

As the last vestiges of Madagascarian "civilisation" turned to white-hot dung, the pitiless cosmic void took the time to chuckle. This was just too rich. Serves them right for presuming supremacy over the true horrors of the black abyss. Serves them right.

Elsewhere, among bubbling non-localities, the madness that was Annihitor the Incred pulsed with the aftershocks of a righteous climax.
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"We live in a world of pig-faced chariot archers."

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Cerussite wrote:Reasons why the human race should be extinct, for creating this abomination of a nation.

Federated Syria wrote:"They're almost definitely what Mohammad had in mind when he described Shaytan."

United Celtic Peoples wrote:This is why we can't have nice things.

Anna Kendrick wrote:This is more than just malice.

Coutuza wrote:Terrifying memes.

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Postby Nazi Madagascar Republic » Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:37 am

With the blessings of Mpitarika Faratampony Rajoelina II 'Julien', the Madagascar People's Armed Forces deploys its most powerful weapon yet: the mighty and indomitable Ignore Cannon, the greatest thing invented since canned bread. As a result, the Mighty Malagasy Race survives once again.

Meanwhile, a secret cult of edgy cosmic-worshipping death occultists begin summoning the most fearsome creature of all: the Existence Eater of the Primordial Void; a gigantic, immeasurable serpent-like cosmic monstrosity so large that it can eat an octingentillion universes in one swallow. With the literal manifestation of edginess now summoned, the gargantuan cosmic nightmare opens its enormous toothed funnel-like sucking mouth, revealing its sextillion ultra-sharp razor teeth capable of destroying numerous universes several times over, as it prepares to devour Annihitor the Incred.

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Postby Annihitor the Incred » Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:46 am

As the Supreme Constituence of All Reality, Possibility and Impossibility, the Immortal God Trol-Trollor, via his avatar, Annihitor the Incred, negates the Ignore Cannon's pitiful blast and reaffirms the destruction of Nazi Madagascar Republic. Then, He proceeds to pick one of his cosmic exhaust orifices with the celestial snek summoned up by vermin on the planet of Kayak'makmu.
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Alignment: Chaotic Evil, no reason to hide it.

"We live in a world of pig-faced chariot archers."

Resident metaversal conqueror and Keter-class memetic hazard.

Cerussite wrote:Reasons why the human race should be extinct, for creating this abomination of a nation.

Federated Syria wrote:"They're almost definitely what Mohammad had in mind when he described Shaytan."

United Celtic Peoples wrote:This is why we can't have nice things.

Anna Kendrick wrote:This is more than just malice.

Coutuza wrote:Terrifying memes.

Nazi Madagascar Republic wrote:eldritch edgelord

Cantelo wrote:Annihitor what the hell is that thing on your flag

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Postby Nazi Madagascar Republic » Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:49 am

As the Ignore Cannon begins its actual effect, all attacks on the Fatherland is rendered null and void, meanwhile Mpitarika Faratampony Rajoelina II 'Julien' gives the eldritch edgelord the finger, blasting the entire existence of reality with destructive power so strong that the thread implodes on itself and tears down the fourth wall.

/endofRP

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Postby Jeoguk » Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:00 pm

IDDF forces launch attacks in the northeastern coast of Jeoguk, seizing several towns, and more importantly gaining access to a small commercial dock at a town named Ujeong. This will allow those who aid the IDDF to ship supplies instead of having to smuggle them through neighbor countries or riskily drop them from air.

They have also been able to infiltrate via the mountains to launch raids on government controlled cities. In response, pro-government Balhae Front fighters have attacked and liberated slave camps operated by the K-pop fans, and carried out assassinations on IDDF officers.
Jeoguk: A moralistic Korean nation located in real life Primorsky Krai
IDDF (K-pop terrorist/rebel group)

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Transmission From Emperor South
It is with great concern the Virgin Islands sees the influence of K-pop rising and fears the potential influence it could have in the virgin islands. When the second Virgin Civil War concluded the empire was reformed and put a iron fist to stop a third from breaking out. The roots of our division is clear outside influence on our nation we join matters that would bring influence to virgin politics that are very concerning and put a end to them. The virgin islands is now officially supporting jeoguk. The IDDF may attempt a uprising in our nation and the virgin islands is mobilized. The Virgin islands is mobilized the Military is trained to keep influence away from there work. The Empire of of The Virgin Islands Hereby Declares War on the IDDF.
The Empire will always be preserved no matter how much we are beaten The soul of the Virgin Empire is to its people is more then even the harshest dictators can take. It is why under any other source of government it will fail until it reforms the Empire. -Emperor South

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