The Legacy of Erid (MT)

by **The Scandinvans** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:40 pm

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The Dawn Has Come

"We have suffered underneath the twin evils of the Church and the Emperors long enough. Every generation billions are subjected to the cruelty of slavery in order to feed the appetites of a corrupted aristocracy only interested in its own power. Every years millions are executed as traitors or dissidents by a government all to keen to do whatever is needed to ensure the perpetuity of its institutions. Every week mobs of Scandin roam the streets lynching whomever dares to protest against the evils that the Scandinvan Empire upholds every moment it is allowed to continue to exist. Every day the Church burns people for engaging in activities which harm no one and for espousing beliefs which slightly deviate from accepted canon.

The Glorious Empire of the Scandinvans is built upon the precept that freedom and compassion for all is the antithesis of a properly ordered society. The caste system, the enslavement of all people considered inferior, general society only being open to members of the founding ethnic groups of the Empire, the concentration of wealth in the hands of the nobles, the silencing of dissent, the genocide of ethnic groups considered disloyal, the extermination of over a dozen sects in the last thirty years, prohibition of emigration of those who would seek a life in a more modern state, denying membership in the bod politic to nearly everyone, and innumerable other actions which defy all sense of common decency. These things define the current Scandinvan experience. There is no room for disagreement. There is no toleration of other groups. There are only those who support the ongoing policies of the government and those who would seek to destroy everything that our people hold dear.

The oppression of the government and its organization of the power structure innately lend themselves towards a situation which prevents any reforms form occurring that might truly abate the ongoing terror which rules over all the subjects of the Scandinvan Empire. The environment is so heavily geared against change that the old order cannot be allowed to continue if progress is ever to achieved in our nation. We however lack the resources and support needed to bring freedom to the greater people of the Scandinvan Empire. However, we can ensure that our corner of the nation is able to move beyond the tyranny of the Emperors. We have the means to defend and support ourselves. We have the consent of the majority of the people to throw off the shackles of Valgard and blind tradition. We can bring about a better tomorrow and serve as a beacon of hope to the rest of the Scandinvans.

Henceforth the northeastern island community of Neadresgad hereby and justly proclaims its independence from the Glorious Empire of the Scnadinvans. We have taken over the local fortifications and weapon depots. We have taken control of the nuclear arsenals on our island and are willing to use them in the event of an attack by the Empire's force. We have imprisoned the agents of tyranny that have for years oppressed us and expelled those whose loyalty to the Empire exceeds their yearning to know freedom. We shall however broker no threat to the Empire. We want no war.

As for the first orders of the people of Neadresgad we must see to establishing the new laws of our people and ensuring that we rise as an equal partner in the international community as a progressive state which can be welcomed as land of liberty. Therefore these following measures shall take effective immediately, but know that these shall serve as only the beginning of the reforms to our community as we seek to modernize our people.

With these principles we might finally know liberty. We shall be free my fellows. Our dawn has finally come! The legacy of Erid shall be cast into the wayside! May the world embrace us as a free and true nation!"

Transmission End: Liberty Awaits

by **The Scandinvans** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:25 pm

Sons of Erid Declaration

Those who abandon our Empire declare themselves traitors to all that their ancestors stood for and heretics who spit in the face of divine law. It is the duty of every loyal subject of the Scandinvan Empire to wage war against such elements. It is the obligation of the imperial administration to stamp out treason wherever it might arise.

We, the Sons of Erid, shall fulfill our oaths to Erid's legacy and bring about an end to the rebellion of Neadresgad. With sword, fire, and faith shall we purge the offal. We shall drive them onto oblivion if need ne. Neadresgad's people shall be brought back into the fold as either slaves or as cinders. The choice is theirs alone.

Neadresgad is hereby given 12 hours to lay down their arms and surrender to the Emperor's forces or face total destruction.

by **The Scandinvans** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 6:31 pm

The Vismer Declaration

We, the people of the Glorious Empire of the Scandinvans, do hereby declare that we shall no longer abide the institutions that allow for the continuance of an absolute monarchy or the perpetuation of a system which forces all of the inhabitants of the Empire to live in glorified servitude. We henceforth have decided that in order to advance our civilization that drastic reformation of our society is needed. We must do away with the excesses which allow for the assurance of tyranny over the greater part of the people.

In order to achieve the dream of liberating the people from the dictatorship of the Emperors we thus do demand that the following measures be installed as the governing laws of our land and begin to allow our people to begin to move towards the dawn that is the promise of modernity.

Together we can reform the Empire and make it stronger. We ask that the imperial adminstration comply with our proposal least we be forced to take up the sword to defend the liberties of our people.

Signed,
The Burghers of Vismer,
The Dawn Movement,
The Children of Valdra,
The Association of Democrats,
The Unions of the Casteless,
The Assembly of the Free Folk,
etc etc.

by **Kahanistan** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 12:32 am

New Masada, Capital of Kahanistan

Military Intelligence Directorate Headquarters

General Igor Kaselev, Director of Military Intelligence, sat in his office poring over intelligence files from the Scandinvan Empire. The Free Republic had been an enemy of the Empire for years, but with the widespread discontent indicated in these documents, perhaps a new order was about to arise that was prepared to seek peace without demanding withdrawal from the Amistad Declaration.

Across from him was Yusuf ad-Din Mansur, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, the chief civilian intelligence agency of Kahanistan. The older Director sat across from the general, puffing his favourite corncob pipe and filling the office with billowing clouds of pungent cannabis smoke.

"Director," said General Kaselev. "It appears that the Scandinvan people are not happy with Imperial rule. They are, in fact, so opposed to it that they are willing to incur the wrath of the Shadows, or possibly worse, the Sons of Erid."

"My thoughts exactly, General. My agents in the Empire have successfully infiltrated the Sons of Erid. With luck, we can determine their intentions toward this rebellion. I also have an agent in the nobility. When I can re-establish contact with her, we can begin aiding the free government of Neadresgad, and the Vismer Declaration signatories."

Kaselev looked at Mansur inscrutably. "You have agents in the Empire that Military Intelligence was not informed of?" This was disturbing news; normally military and civilian intelligence arms freely exchanged information. "How long have these agents been active, and have they been engaged in atrocities?" He seemed unusually alarmed. For General Kaselev it was unusual alarm if he raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"No atrocities that they have informed us of as of yet. I am still waiting to hear back from Agents Hobart and Grayson," replied Mansur. "They were planted three years ago, and one of them is married into a noble family, the other has joined the Sons. Our government is unlikely to be suspected."

"Hope for their sakes and ours you are right," said the general. "Our government has not issued condemnations of Scandinvan atrocities in years. We are likely not high on their list of suspects."

"Agreed," said the Director. "A few days ago a Kahanistanian Mormon, of all things, called out our government for not condemning the Empire when he sent an open letter to Patriarch Thomas the Third. Had a string of citations of the Bible and Book of Mormon refuting a new set of oppressive theocratic laws. It'll be interesting to see how they reply. I just hope it doesn't downgrade relations further. Guy definitely didn't mind pissing off the Empire."

The two intelligence heads continued their discussion, hoping to decide how to continue their operations and help the resistance as best they could.

by **The Scandinvans** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:58 pm

Imperial Palace, Valgard

We alone, the chosen of Erid, have proven our capacity to firmly commit ourselves to a cause greater to ourselves and establish orderly societies capable of lasting through the centuries. All other folk have constantly shown that they prefer strife when their opinions are not heard. They prefer to clamor for change whenever they fell disenchantment with their place in society. These folk in turn became little better than animals in sentiment. they lacked the willpower needed to form a society which stood for the greater good instead of the infantile interests of the individuals, Traits which damned such civilizations to eternally collapse upon themselves in internal conflict thereby damning themselves to eternally drown in their own blood.

It was the duty of all Scandin and Valgardians to bring light to these misbegotten fools. Only through slavery can such creatures be turned into anything resembling the mentality of a real human. For in their servitude could their weaknesses be breed out, their barbaric tendencies destroyed, and their decadent cultures destroyed. As long as any of these endured they would eventually revert to their chaotic states in which they constantly warred against each other. Thus making it necessary for such people to be enslaved. It was a great kindness to their future progeny and a service to the whole of mankind to bring them underneath the dominion of the Empire's divinely inspired order.

However, even as slavers their innate habits could get the better of them if given to much freedom. I had once made such an error, I had once given my heart to my bound concubine and dreamed of making a family with her in a faraway land free from the confines of traditions. However, she betrayed me for her own gain to a group of traitorous thralls who forced me to endure prolonged torture in order to extract information which I did not have. For months I was alone and forgotten until the I was liberated by my ethnic kinsmen who showed me the error of my ways. They taught that the lesser races could never be truly trusted. That only the Scandin and Valgardians truly cared for bettering the state of humanity. That slavery was the greatest experience which could be offered to those wretches whose nature demanded that they never be willing to sacrifice their very essence over to the crucible of their people.

Yet, the lesson which I learned has sadly been a conclusion few others in the imperial court and burghers classes can comprehend. They would have begin to change our ways to suit the demands of the outside world. They would see us forget the founding elements of our Empire so that we might enter modernity. A concept rooted in the notion that all men are equal and that freedom is an idealized concept. The pitiful fools. The time has come to remind the people of the Empire of the lesson which Niv should have given them. Those who seek to destroy the Empire shall only end up embracing the flames themselves.

Those who would betray the Empire must be taught a new lesson. Those who would forget the legacy of Erid must be purged. There could be no mercy for anyone who dared oppose the only possible path to salvation for humanity. Even the trees of the chosen houses of Erid must occasionally be pruned to ensure the health of the greater whole.

"I shall watch them as they all burn with but a flick of this key and turn what they thought protected their feeble state against them..."

Neadresgad News Network: Emergency Situation Update

The rebel city of Neadresgad has just seen the nuclear warheads stored within its limits detonated. The city center has been entirely eradicated. Numerous surrounding communities have been engulfed by atomic detonations. The current death toil is impossible to calculate but it must be in the low millions. The Association of the Burghers is presumed dead as they were meeting near the heart of the city as the time of the explosion.

No one knows who ordered the attack and the Empire so far is deemed to have been incapable of giving the order as the basic access channels where under the control of Neadresgad. God be with us... Attention all residents of the state of Neadresgad the Glorious Empire of the Scandinvans is launching an attack. Take shelter wherever you can. All men to arms. Defend your homes. The Shadows have fallen upon us. Any power who can...

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by **The Scandinvans** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:07 pm

Imperial News Network Report: Neadresgad Report

The traitorous heretics in Neadresgad have somehow managed to detonate the nuclear weapons which they believed would defend them from the divine retribution of the Glorious Empire. We currently believe that they mistakenly set off the warheads in an attempt to insert a decryption programmed designed to bypass the security measures. The estimates for the total number of dead are currently around fifteen million and this figure is expected to potentially rise by 25-40% dependent upon the .

As we speak, the Emperor's Own Legions is providing emergency relief operations to the remaining loyalist strongholds on the island chain via aircraft. They aslo are performing mop up operations of the surviving rebel bands of Neadresgad.

In order to ensure that the situation is handed properly the Crown Prince has been given command over military operations. His previous experience in handling disaster relief operations and insurgency suppression make him the ideal candidate for closing the Neadresgad troubles. May God make his will just and give him the strength needed to fulfill his duties.

In recognition of their unconditional loyalty to the Crown the Sons of Eird are hereby given complete amnesty for any of their prior actions and are to be installed as the personal militant force in direct service to his majesty the Crown Prince.

by **Kahanistan** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:09 pm

Military Intelligence HQ, New Masada

Director Mansur's encrypted data-pad beeped. An intelligence satellite beamed back reports of a likely nuclear explosion near the Scandinvan Empire, in the area of Neadresgad. The intel satellite AI's initial assessment, to be examined later by human analysts, was an intentional detonation of the warheads. The Director opened the data-pad and his face immediately went ashen. After several tense seconds during which General Kaselev was unsure whether or not to speak, the Director finally uttered a single, drawn-out word.

"FUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCKKKKK!!!!!"

The General raised an eyebrow.

Mansur showed the data-pad to Kaselev. "The whole place, wiped out. And our intel was hoping those weapons would prove deterrent. Establishing a naval yard there could give us a vital resupply point in Gothic waters."

We would also be less reliant on Skyan logistics. The general examined the report. The satellite AI's assessments were often inaccurate despite being programmed to recognise propaganda of hostile foreign powers, but they were still useful points for focusing an investigation unless evidence pointed toward a different assessment, which often happened and was the reason human analysts would not be replaced with machines for decades at least.

"Is it feasible to divert some troops from the Kraven front to attempt to relieve Neadresgad?" asked the general. Kahanistanian forces, not having fought a serious action since battling a Parthian invasion several years earlier, now had several divisions of veteran troops who had been fighting on the Kraven-occupied Milograd front for nearly a year and would be quite useful in Neadresgad. Further, the KDF in Gholgoth had proper equipment for fighting in bombed-out cities that the newly nuked Neadresgadians necessarily needed. If even a single division of mobile infantry could be infiltrated into the island, it could make pacification much more difficult.

On the other hand, the Skyan-Scandinvan non-aggression pact meant that if anything went wrong with the relief effort, they could not count on allied assistance. It was therefore critical that if President Delray were to approve the deployment of troops to fight in a territory that was seeking independence from the Scandinvan Empire, and thus a potential ally of the Free Republic, that they keep their hand hidden until the battle for Neadresgad's independence was won.

"I don't know about troops, just yet," said Mansur. "But if we sent in reconstruction companies, who brought their own private mercs, who just happen to be MID agents and specialised units of KDF operatives, to help rebuild the areas most heavily affected, get a naval base up and running there, get diplomatic representatives out there to formally recognise them and establish relations. Find out what they're about, if this is just a really liberal area that fell under Imperial rule and just had enough or if there are other reasons for their opposing Valdra. We could look really good to the international press, make the Empire look like dicks to the same media, and hopefully have world opinion on our side when they finally do find out we're helping the independence struggle."

Kaselev nodded. "A surprisingly good idea. I will provide any military intelligence units you may require. You have Priority One access to whatever resources of ours you may need."

"Thank you, General. I will probably just need a way of covertly moving a division or two of infantry, maybe some small attached armour or artillery companies for extra flexibility, to Neadresgad. If we can obtain a map of the area in relation to the region we can find out where we can slip them in. Imperial Navy's got to be patrolling it like mad, to stop anyone like us from airdropping medicine or food or arms to the people who still want independence. A fleet of slow, stealthy mini-subs could possibly do it. It'll be a bit tricky fitting a tank on one of these midget subs, but a piece of light mountain artillery or collection of mortars and anti-air missiles would fit very easily. Maybe if we had a design of tank we could split up into a few modular parts and reassemble them within minutes or hours and pack it among three or four midget subs. Might have to make do with lighter, faster APC's armed with heavy anti-tank missiles or even technicals."

by **The Scandinvans** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 12:12 am

Ordinance of Racial Integrity Act

In times such as this it becomes necessary to enact harsh new measures so that we might properly combat the evils facing our society. It has come to the attention of many in the Genelogical Commission that the population of Neadresgad was thoroughly intermingled with the slaves from that region to the point that it became quite difficult to tell slave from freeman. Over the centuries they have been actively excluded from nearly all regions of the Empire due to their notoriously deviant behavior which was simply attributed to their relative isolation and ease of daily life. However, upon examination of thousands of DNA samples taken the Commission is forced to declare that the region of Neadresgad to be inhabited solely by mongrels. We thus must declare that all people from the region of the Empire, save for those of the Valgardian castes whose red eyes alone are enough testament to the purity of their blood, to be tainted until a DNA test has been run on them. All those who fail yo pass the test are to be prevented from passing on their tainted genes to future generations.

The recent rebellion in Neadresgad and the declaration from Vismer underline a problem in our society we thought subdued. We of the Commission have improperly assumed that the issues of genetic impurity was settled through a series of policies aimed at enslaving those of mixed diluted blood or declaring them casteless. However, we must conclude that we have failed to create and execute policies necessary to defend the strength of the founding stock of the Empire.

We, in our role as wardens and regulators of the Empire's bloodlines, have with the insightful consultation of the Sons of Erid, cone to conclude that a new series of much more stern laws are required to defend the sovereign might of our empire. We must protect it from those inferior bloods which threaten to destroy out identity and destroy all that makes us great.

Sincerely,
Keeper of Records,
Lord Hatda

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by **Kahanistan** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 6:46 am

With the most recent Scandinvan announcement, Kaselev, Mansur, and in a rare alliance Senator Melissa Romero, leader of the Anti-Catholic Party of Kahanistan, had all the ammunition they needed to persuade President Margaret Delray to finally speak out against Scandinvan atrocities before some representative of another religious tradition beat her to the punch. Not only had millions been killed in suspicious nuclear explosions, not only were Imperial forces arriving for what INN euphemistically called "rebel suppression" - military operations against those who rejected slavery and other aspects of Imperial rule, and whom Foreign Minister Jacob Lucas was willing to recognise as an independent state, not only was the Empire making a deal with a known terrorist organisation to suppress the rebels, but now nearly the entire population of Neadresgad was to be sterilised, an unspeakable act of genocide that brought political adversaries in Kahanistan together as allies. They could no longer sit in the mountain fortress capital of New Masada while free people in Neadresgad fought and died in a losing battle for their freedom just like the Milogradian survivors who had been trained on Kahanistanian warships that would later be donated to form the new Milogradian Navy to repel Kraven aggression.

The people of Neadresgad deserved defence against the invading Empire as much as those of Milograd, the latter of whom had not even been particularly free even before Kraven attacked.

Having no knowledge of any Neadresgad continuity of government contingencies, or who was in command of the overall rebellion now, establishment of diplomatic contact was not possible until someone on the island could get a message to New Masada. How to get the rebellion to contact New Masada was a different matter. Senator Romero proposed that a cadre of ACPK activists could incite enough hostility against the Church authorities that fanatical resistance could continue for years. Kaselev seemed to think that it was too risky, that he did not trust the typical party activist's ability to resist torture, which was unlikely to be on the same level as a veteran KDF operative, and could lead to the leaking of information on their local allies to the Inquisition or the Sons of Erid. He was not certain which was worse. Lucas proposed an open letter offering diplomatic recognition and sending an ambassador, one prepared to risk their life if necessary. The murder of an ambassador had been a valid casus belli for centuries. Mansur was concerned that such a move would focus Imperial suspicion against Kahanistan, potentially increasing the danger to his agents.

Eventually, Delray proposed a compromise. Agreeing with the intelligence positions that raising their diplomatic profile in the Empire might endanger their agents, she gave her approval to Mansur's plan of using an MID shell company to ship relief goods to Neadresgad while simultaneously establishing an MID presence in the island to pass intelligence back to New Masada and covert assistance to Neadresgad resistance. Foreign Minister Lucas' idea of the choice of Ambassador being one willing to risk their own life, with the precedent set by the suspicious disappearance of the Kahanistanian Ambassador to Parthia, was also given very serious weight. It would turn the balance of international opinion strongly against any power that would attack a diplomatic mission, and would almost certainly be a risk from a power that had already used military forces to drive off an ambassador to be sent to Valdra. It would be an even graver risk to send an ambassador to Neadresgad.

Nonetheless, with the aim that the informal contacts to be established would eventually lead to more formal contact with whatever of the island's free government remained, it was decided to publish a modified version of Lucas' original proposed open letter, removing the references to sending an ambassador but still recognising the sovereignty of the people of Neadresgad and their inherent right to self-determination and self-defence, while making a concession to Romero that the letter also condemn the Scandinvan impositions on reproductive freedom, racial apartheid, and sponsorship of a terrorist group but denying emphatically her request to specifically shame the Catholic, calling it "alienating."

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Free Republic of Kahanistan

The Government of Kahanistan, mindful of the rights of all people to determine their own futures and to defend their freedom against those who would take it by force and terror, and of the right to determine for oneself one's reproductive destiny, and that people of all ancestral groupings commonly called races are entitled to these rights regardless of any differences in genotype or phenotype, and deploring the practice of human slavery, the use of terrorism and genocide by mass forced sterilisation, widespread killings of possible undocumented immigrants, and the use of collective punishment against entire families for the possible act of one member, formally condemns these inhuman and brutal actions at the hands of the Scandinvan Empire and by the terrorist Sons of Erid.

Owing to the recent nuclear detonations in Neadresgad, the community is struggling to cope with the losses of millions while Imperial forces join forces with terrorists in order to bring them back under their rule. We recognise the right of the people of Neadresgad to defend their freedom and their continued existence, and thus their independence from the Scandinvan Empire. In the interests of humanitarian concerns and international solidarity we stand ready to supply political asylum to refugees from Neadresgad, as well as aid in the reconstruction of medical and other infrastructure destroyed in the tragedy.

Signed,
Dr. Margaret K. Delray,
President of the Free Republic of Kahanistan

Dr. Jacob M. Lucas,
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Fort Neptune Naval Base, northwestern Kahanistan

Twelve hours after the open letter by which the Foreign Ministry recognised the independent government of Neadresgad, the first of what was to be a dozen converted Batillus class supertanker hulls began undergoing its conversion, a lengthy process that entailed removing large areas of the ships' understructure to conceal added cold-launch VLS batteries and CIWS, swapping out the diesel engine with a nuclear one, and integrating an upgraded radar and sonar suite, all while somehow maintaining hull integrity and keeping the waterline high enough not to sink, constructing numerous false compartments that could hide anything from "spare" arms, ammunition, operatives, or even disassembled heavy vehicles underneath the nonperishable food and medical supply stocks and construction materials that would be declared on the ships' manifests. The modifications would sharply reduce the ships' cargo capacity but would still be able to move well over a hundred thousand tons and enable the ship to defend itself. Many Kahanistanian corporations with transport ships armed themselves for defence, officially against pirates and slavers, so a heavily armed transport might indicate that the ship was built in Kahanistan or another nation with similar arms policies, but may or may not have been sold off elsewhere and the combination of flags of convenience and multi-ethnic crews made determining nation of origin much harder than the transport turning out to be concealing enough heavy weaponry to take out a superdreadnought... if it could somehow shoot it all off before being blown out of the water.

by **Esalonia** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:30 am

CIG Headquarters, Port Baguba
Cyril District, United Commonwealth of Esalonia
Greater Dienstad

Port Baguba. A city of millions of people, a population size unprecedented for such a nation. Port Baguba was the Elonian tribe's first port-city, with a mercantile family becoming the most powerful family in ancient Esalonia just because of Port Baguba. Laid smack dab in the middle of this scramble of high-rise skyscrapers and abandoned buildings was the headquarters of the Commonwealth Intelligence Group-Esalonia's eyes and ears around the world.

One of the largest rooms in Port Baguba was the CIG Situation Room, where Esalonia's top generals, alongside the executives in the faraway St. Ivalice capital city, separated from Port Baguba by just an interdistrict highway, discussed military matters, from budgeting to international incidents. The plan to devote one fleet per Corps was discussed, and if enacted can make Esalonia's navy over 1,500 strong. But this pales in comparison to another navy whose mother nation, the United Republic of Emmeria, had just 300 million people, but had 1800 ships in her command.

At the helm of the now 700-strong navy of the United Esalonian Commonwealth was Supreme Admiral Vladimir Spader, who came from a long line of warriors, a family of warrior tradition. From the clan Spadra of the then Elonian tribe, their tactics have been refined and refined over the years, only facelifted by the revolutionary changes on how war was fought. From slingshots to bows to guns to even railguns and laser guns-the Spadra clan had it down. Sup. Adm. Spader saw more than 38 years of service, first as an ordinary seaman, then rising up to be at the helm of a powerful navy, a navy which can defeat you by the mere sight of its true and most vicious and merciless power. Admiral Spader's appearance was one that commanded obedience and inspired awe, or fear, if you are an enemy of his. As he walked down the aisle his shoes made a "cluck cluck cluck" as he stepped down, his navy medals's gold contrasting with the olive green drab of his uniform.

Another notable appearance was Supreme Air Marshall Cherry Skyloft. A veteran of many aerial wars, she has been on the cockpit since she was 14-but as a novice teenage pilot trained by her father. S.A.M. Skyloft's appearance was one of gentle beauty and strict orderliness-a perfectly straight back, coupled by an hourglass figure, the spotless pinkish-white face hiding over 50 years of living decay and with a history of over many pimples, a hair well-groomed into a decent yet elegant style, overall perfect, a goddess, a woman of shining rusted scratched steel.

Last was the Supreme Marshall of the Army, Bradley Staunton. His large frame was the result of him being a muscular soldier back in his days as a Private, and he has since then kept his body build at that, a strongfat, in popular lingo. His large body frame was only the tip of the iceberg-he was, like his fellow commanders, of shining rusted scratched steel, like when steel is rusted by age and scratched by use and is still shining and yet stronger due to the rust and scratches. He had a commanding presence that brought morale to his men and friends, and the same presence was one that made a chill down an enemy's spine run, a chill so cold he can kill you just by the presence of his large body build, and his medals. Who wouldn't be awed and be fearing of steel that gets stronger the more it rusts and gets scratched?

In front of them was the situation screen, which had a 4096-color map of the nation being monitored for the past few days: the Glorious Empire of the Scandinvans. A nation that many of them in that circle despised. A nation of slavery, a nation of xenophobia, a nation that lives and breeds on some of humanity's most reviled concepts and theories of human society-slavery, genocide, violent and inhumane suppression of political dissent which voices the voice of the ignored and abandoned, to name a few. Then a breakaway group calling themselves Neadresgrad...or was it really Neadresgrad? Or Neadresgad? Ok, it's Neadresgad, a breakaway group that sought to liberate the Scandinvans from a government of reviledness, feasting, breeding, living, on humanity's most reviled concepts and theories of human society. Then the Ordinance of Racial Integrity Act, which unknown to the Glorious Empire of the Scandinvans was the last straw for the United Esalonian Commonwealth, a nation which reviled slavery so much.

"SO you're suggesting, Mr. President, that we declare allegiance to Neadresgad? Didn't they just unleash a nuclear device on an innocent city? How do you think we can support them?" said Supreme Admiral Spader, with a face and voice sullen yet calm.

"We give them an ultimatum. An ultimatum to wipe clean their WMD stockpile within an amount of time and an agreement to not try procuring weapons of mass destruction. Is that clear?" President Lance said via live feed, afterwards sipping some Koring Berry Wine from a glass, with utmost gracefulness. Being at the helm of a powerful nation, President Gerard Laksamana Lance raised marble out of mud-he was responsible for Esalonia's recent growth, the legacy laid by former presidents extracted from the stone they were etched on, executed, and etched on stone again for the next President to extract again. He finished what his predecessors started.

"That's very bright of you, Mr. President. But we ask for your permission to support the Neadresgadians. And if yes, then how?" S.A.M. Skyloft asked, with a body language that spoke of sullen calmness, like everyone in the room had.

"Start with supplying them with weaponry. Like, native Esalonian weaponry. Teach them in the art of asymmetrical warfare. Give them what they need-food, guns, ammo, supplies. From a small band of warriors they become an army. But that will never be easy. Pressuring the Scandinvans...anyone who agrees?" President Lance sits straight on his chair and breathes deep. Everyone in the room agrees, except for the CIG director, who asked "But how do we pressure the Scandinvans? Trade sanctions can work. Intercept their slave ships, disrupt their slave trade. Embargoes. Secret service agents running amok, becoming loose cannons with a gunner, and killing off government workers and worse-committing cop-killing." said he, the latter statement being to much disgust of the Director Primo of the Commonwealth Gendarmerie who was seated on the chair to his right. The President was speechless, his thoughts disgusted. "That's...wonderful. In the meantime, support the Neadresgadians on their fight for freedom." said he as he took another sip of Koring Berry Wine.

"So, do you allow our sleeper agents to be activated and start acting on their accord, killing off government officials?" said the Director of the Commonwealth Intelligence Group. "Hey, do we even have sleeper agents in the Glorious Empire? That's a place full of xenophobes! That's what makes it impossible to have a sleeper agent of ours mixing in with them! Ixnay on the mission to activate non-existent sleeper agents!" General Katrina Robles said, the smile only slightly straightened. "General Robles has a point, Mr. President. But how about trade sanctions? Then supporting organizations that want reform or topple over the government and install a new one?" this question, which left mouths open and pointing fingers pointing up then drooping alongside the mouths closing.

The President broke the silence after a minute of nothing but screeching silence. "Both. Support organizations that want reform and those that want to topple the government from down under. If one gets toppled down, then we have the other. Both paths covered."

by **Esalonia** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:37 am

Port Baguba, Cyril District
United Commonwealth of Esalonia, Greater Dienstad
7:00 PM LET

The plan was put forth to go: supporting rebels in Neadresgad. The government cannot wait for long before a crusade for the right thing, a crusade of freemen to free themselves from the chains of oppression, would fail. Never will the make the same mistake again-going blindly by the flow of oppression that killed them by time. The relationship between Scandinvans and death by oppression, for many Esalonian political figures, was like a mathematical asymptote, with the Scandinvans being brought nearer by oppression to death but never dying at all. This asymptotic relationship spawned a deadly cycle of never-ending atrocities and one human rights abuse after another. As a noble warrior fighting under the banner of freemen Esalonia herself will not let them be left alone.

Off to Neadresgad the ships, 60 in total, set sail, accompanied by a surface naval escort 40-strong. Most of these were the newest vessels of the Esalonian Navy, with Raze-class destroyers, which was the classic mating of a Zumwalt-class destroyer, a Flight-II Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, and a Tiamat-class destroyer, forming the bulk of the new vessels. Others were Juggernaut Flight-IIs, and the usual aircraft carrier and the arsenal ship. The Neadresgadian territory and the Neadresgadian identity was known via preliminary research done by the Commonwealth Intelligence Group. Meanwhile...

CIG Headquarters, Port Baguba
Cyril District, United Commonwealth of Esalonia
Greater Dienstad

Meanwhile the CIG was busy researching on any politically-active group in the Glorious Empire that wanted a reform in the Glorious Empire's system, which can include the freeing of all slaves, the abolition of the caste system, the abolition of xenophobia, putting a stop tot he genocide on ethnic groups, among others.

by **The Scandinvans** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:19 pm

Imperial Palace, Valgard

"Your grace, we cannot go down this path. Our people will suffer immeasurably if we commit ourselves to restoring the borders of the old Empire. We will have to sacrifice the blood of our sons, turn over our treasures to the construction of the forces needed for the war, turn over the industry to mostly martial pursuits, and destroy our capacity to pursue a peaceful existence," Lord Erida stated.

"Steward you forget our rightful place. We are the chosen of Erid. We have ethnic kinsmen living oppressed lives in neighboring states. They must be brought into the fold as is proper. We have long been forced to be silent about our claims to lands which in ancient times were ours by right of conquest and construction. So much of the southeast was once occupied by our people only to be taken away from us by disease, war, and internal conflicts. These lands, per the ancient laws of Erid, are our by all that is right," the Crown Prince retorted.

"Your grace, please understand that the dream of Erid is long dead. Our Empire must progress in order to remain strong. The points raised by the rebels were correct in some ways. We cannot rely on a blind adherence to tradition if we are going to prosper in evolving global paradigm. We cannot alter its course. We must go with the flow of the river otherwise we might well drown sire," Lord Erida replied.

"You dare?!?! Erid founded the Empire. He gave us the written word He gave us the laws which govern us to this day. He gave us an identity which makes united, which has allowed to overcome the challenges which would have destroyed any lesser race. We cannot and shall not change," the Crown Prince answered," You will stand with us or fall."

"Your majesty, I have always ever served your household. I however cannot be party to event which threaten to destroy the peace which your father has spent decades ensuring. Our prosperity depends upon our ability to trade with the other nation of this world. We can bring about shared growth through this without having to abandon what we are. We simply have to accept that we need to forget about the claims we have to long abandoned lands. We have little use for them. We can have our cake and eat it essentially," the Steward clarified.

Standing tall the Crown Prince countered," We need the land to allow our populations to continue to grow freely and properly. We cannot accept the notion that our holdings are to be restricted to their existing measure. Our future lies on our ongoing capacity to expand into new lands. Our culture needs these lands to satiate the appetites of our agricultural population and to feed our cities. We cannot change from this course. We must defend the will of Erid. We will reclaim what is ours by any means."

by **Kahanistan** » Thu Aug 20, 2015 5:39 pm

Beginning construction of transports with concealed armaments might help covertly supply a resistance movement later down the line, but could take some time to prepare, time the islanders did not likely have. They would need to be supplied by air.

The Air Force had invested heavily in stealth technology since the Doomani Wars. They had seen little practical use for stealth transports, using converted stealth bombers, fast reconnaissance aircraft, and since the Parthian invasion, newer and longer ranged drones.

In drone facilities, satchels containing military supplies such as food, medicine, clothing, body armour, infantry small arms and limited numbers of heavy weapons were attached to the bottoms of specially modified Air Force stealth drones. However, these still required a launch platform to get them to their destination.

Carriers at other parts of the Gothic front might be capable of launching the drones within range of their intended destination. Getting the drones there, however, entailed loading them into giant strategic lifters bound for Gothic waters, another logistically complicated step that could see the first drops of allied assistance to the island within a few days.

by **The Scandinvans** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:43 pm

Kahanistan wrote:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Free Republic of Kahanistan

The Government of Kahanistan, mindful of the rights of all people to determine their own futures and to defend their freedom against those who would take it by force and terror, and of the right to determine for oneself one's reproductive destiny, and that people of all ancestral groupings commonly called races are entitled to these rights regardless of any differences in genotype or phenotype, and deploring the practice of human slavery, the use of terrorism and genocide by mass forced sterilisation, widespread killings of possible undocumented immigrants, and the use of collective punishment against entire families for the possible act of one member, formally condemns these inhuman and brutal actions at the hands of the Scandinvan Empire and by the terrorist Sons of Erid.

Owing to the recent nuclear detonations in Neadresgad, the community is struggling to cope with the losses of millions while Imperial forces join forces with terrorists in order to bring them back under their rule. We recognise the right of the people of Neadresgad to defend their freedom and their continued existence, and thus their independence from the Scandinvan Empire. In the interests of humanitarian concerns and international solidarity we stand ready to supply political asylum to refugees from Neadresgad, as well as aid in the reconstruction of medical and other infrastructure destroyed in the tragedy.

Signed,
Dr. Margaret K. Delray,
President of the Free Republic of Kahanistan

Dr. Jacob M. Lucas,
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ms. Delray and Mr. Lucas,

We Scandinvans are not bound to the petty and fickle concerns of a petty electorate. We are bound not by the laws of the day, but the ancient conventions which have sustained our nation over thousands of years and have allowed it to become mighty. We do not kowtow to a flexible set of doctrines defined by an ill-advised body politic, but adhere to principles given to us by divine revelation. The Scandinvan Empire recently has begun to return to these twin precepts which have for so long preserved our nation and given prosperity to our people. This return however requires that each person set aside their petty ambitions and devout themselves to something greater than the individual. Upon the crucible of the Empire must we all be laid and there find the strength needed to act as one body against the forces which threaten to destroy everything that we hold dear.

The destruction of Neadresgad, despite being a byproduct of their own mistaken understanding of the systems which they thought could defend them, was a needed element in the progress of our Empire. Those who would abandon the Empire are people who give themselves over to the passions and concerns of only their personal ambitions. Their notions of freedom were rooted in a desire to invest themselves with the freedom needed to forget the duty owed to the Empire, God, and each other. The promise of liberty is one in which the future only belongs to a scattered mob forever arrayed against their own kindred. A mob which breaks away from its past and copulates freely as if they were animals with no concern for the strength of their future offspring.

The actions that our needed to preserve our people are indeed extreme. They however are required. By removing the weakest elements from our genetic pools we will only serve to empower the future of our people. We are moving towards the promised future of our Empire where our nation will once more sweep across the world and earn its rightful place in it. The Sons of Erid are a component of our people who have long understood what is needed to bring to our promised future. They are aiding us in suppressing the treason from amongst our blood and extinguish the lies of our world.

Signed,
imperial Steward,
Lord Erida

by **Esalonia** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:16 pm

Port Baguba, Cyril District
United Commonwealth of Esalonia, Greater Dienstad

The only place where the people in the situation room slept was the nearby lodges, with bunk beds that made the noblemen in that event feel like soldiers in their barracks, with an austere life on the government teat. Some of the members have been reviewing the Vismer Declaration as well, and this was brought to the fore of the meeting.

"With all due respect, Mr. President, the reformation as said by the Vismer Declaration is a better way! In my honest opinion, it is a peaceful way to make a newer Glorious Empire!" The Director Primo of the Commonwealth Gendarmerie said. The number became larger, since peaceful options were available, and this meant bringing in peace-minded politicians fresh from the senate or their respective offices. One of the notable presences was Senator Mikaylah Gamboa, a woman of steel, just like everyone in that room. From a young and sublime scholar in the Esalonian State Science Academy to a senator and a peace advocate, she was at the forefront of the peaceful path the government was to be discussing. Her IQ was a large 150 when she was just 15. Now it reached 175. She was among the smartest in Esalonia-the smartest, in fact, seconded only by a scholar in the country, in the ESSA-D4C (ESSA-District 4 Campus) with an IQ of 170.

"It's lacking." President Gerard Lance said, noting that there is more to add to the Vismer Declaration despite not being a Scandinvan himself-but he knows their plight. Dictatorial Esalonia under President Harold Garland was like present-day Glorious Empire, minus the flourishing economy. With lessons learned from the past he wants to suggest to the makers of the Vismer Declaration that the reforms also uphold human rights-there was none in that declaration. "The power of transfer from absolute to shared is...not bad. This elected body of burghers is similar to present-day Senates or Cabinets all throughout the world, if I am not mistaken. Furthermore they're giving the people more freedom to live their lives, like abolishing the caste system's effects on daily lives. But where are the human rights? Not to be very literal here but I don't see anything that stops public punishments, mass castration, or whatnot. Who am I to judge their method of execution-we also have our lethal injection, albeit a bit more humane and a bit...emotional."

"You go suggest it to them." Senator Gamboa calmly said, with a voice that spoke of suggestion.

"Yes, you think it's easy when the creators of the Vismer Declaration are having their houses cordoned and the politicians behind it being killed as I speak. And by what I mean killed, cut a thousand times using a blunted and rusted spoon, if you want a good exaggeration of the public executions in the Glorious Empire."

by **The Scandinvans** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:36 pm

Imperial News Network Special: Speech from the Crown Prince

"We have been constantly castigated by the outside world for our adherence to traditions. We have been lectured about the necessity of human rights. We have been lambasted for the maintenance of our ordered hierarchical society in which each person always knows their place. We have been commanded to accept the innate equality of the various species of humanity. We have even had to wage war to defend our institution from those who would seek to force us to comply with their vile godless ideologies.

These outlanders have managed to see their influence leak gradually into the weakest elements of our society. Those of the weakest blood have welcomed these vile ideals into their hearts and minds. They allowed themselves to forget the generations of proof which have given them all the evidence that is needed to undeniably verify the veracity of our practices to a truly rational. However, their ideals have been permanently ingrained in many sadly. These are the enemies who are the most dangerous to us in the long run!

From within we seen a recent uprising of those who would cast down the pillars of our nation. For their love of freedom they would bring chaos. For their love of passion they would forget the duties they owe to society and their very blood. For the adulation of their own egos they would set themselves above the laws of nature and the Almighty claiming credit for all that is good in the world. Yet, these drives are what make them inherently weaker. They see individuals as lone creatures who are not a part of something greater. They do not comprehend that by divorcing themselves from all else they are cast into the raging sea alone and forgotten by everyone else.

By the grace of the Almighty, in recent days have the means of their protection been turned against the traitors of our people. Our work however is not done. We must root out the remains of the betrayers of our Empire. They must be utterly exterminated to the last for our nation to truly begin to progress towards a new dawn. A day in which our Empire returns to its former glory and claims the lands which are ours by ancient right.

In order to achieve this dream we must each pledge ourselves over to the engine of our Glorious Empire. Each man must take up rifle if needed. Each woman must commit themselves to leading our home front. Each child must seek the attainment of knowledge which shall be useful to the greater ends of our civilization.

We must also begin making preparations for the forces needed to begin the expansion of our realm so that we might acquire what else is needed to begin the construction of the city upon the hill. We need to build up forces so that no force in the region can stop. We must establish factories capable of sustaining the war effort even if the surface has been leveled by bombing. We must have the shelters needed to preserve our society in the event of the worst coming to pass.

With these things done can we begin to properly walk the road and cement the perpetuity of our Empire and the dominion of our people over all!"

by **Kahanistan** » Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:41 pm

Outskirts of Gothic Waters

RKS Yggdrasil, a light carrier of the Republic Navy

Drones laden with drop tanks filled with extra fuel for the long haul were being loaded with crates. Some of the crates carried compressed and dried food rations earmarked for resistance fighters and starving civilians. Some carried radiation pills and NBRC suits to help people survive in the worst nuked areas. Some carried 6.8x43mm ammunition and K-3 Ghazi assault rifles, the standard issue weapon to front line KDF troops. A few had heavier weapons such as ATGM's or AA missiles.

Upon exhausting their fuel supplies, the drones were to jettison their empty fuel tanks. This would also keep the drone stealthier as it passed over hostile territory, ideally to drop its payload of aid to the island. The drones would be "flown" by sailors still aboard the Yggdrasil via satellite-linked remote control, which would immediately switch to autopilot and head straight for where their onboard map files told them Neadresgad was if the satellite link were to be lost. The remote control allowed the drones to approach from multiple flight paths to drop their aid from an internal bay normally mounted with surveillance equipment, electronic countermeasures, or extra weaponry. Some drones carried HARM's for passing through the worst of Imperial air defences, but most would try to avoid them. Autopilot meant that a disruption of the satellite network didn't mean losing the entire drone fleet.

With luck, the Free Republic could keep its hand in the matter hidden. They exported enough of their weapons that the rifles wouldn't immediately be traced to their origin, but Imperial suspicions were still likely to be aroused...

by **Esalonia** » Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:41 am

Outskirts, Gothic Waters
5 km from EEZ Border of the Glorious Empire
Unknown ship

This unknown ship was a simple cargo ship, bearing no flag, but in fact an Esalonian vessel. If captured nation of origin will be hard to trace-Esalonia can keep herself clean while doing dirty work, washing hands after a civil crime; civil crimes make civil hands unclean. Esalonia had turned from an innocent nation to a nation that worked in the dark; she did not mind how dirty her work was, and the darker her work the more she enjoyed it. The nastier the plan, the nearer to the ears is her smile. She expects that other nations are doing it to her; she thinks this is an arms race happening 24/7.

The unknown ship would then release a drone, which along its path made measures to increase stealth. COnformal fuel tanks once consumed were released. Maximum RCS-optimal speed was then assumed, and the datalink with the ship removed, the drone going on autopilot, dropping supplies and then turning back to the ship.

The only way to find out what was on the crate was to check the label-either it was M1855 6.5 Whiteclaw rounds fired from the AR206 that came along with the M1855 crates, or .375 BNCA L397 rounds, or the M1860V1 14.9 BNCMG. All of them were jacketed rounds-the United Commonwealth cannot risk having its monolithic rounds released to the public and used against them.

With luck the United Commonwealth can get away with it, having exported enough weapons that the rifles would be hard to be traced to origin, but still-the Scandinvans would see a dead ringer sooner or later.

by **Kahanistan** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 4:14 pm

RKS Yggdrasil

Petty Officer Second Class Ahmed al-Tabrizi piloted his drone from a computer aboard the light carrier, observing through the drone's point of view as it passed over an unflagged ship near Imperial waters. Strange... unflagged, near the waters of one of the biggest slaver countries in the world. It was strange enough for the KDF sailor to pull back on the stick (KDF drones were piloted using much the same kind of control scheme that was used by conventional aircraft, just remote from the actual plane) and come back around for another pass, zooming in on the suspicious ship.

"Slaver," Tabrizi muttered. "Probably about to drop off its cargo at an Imperial port." He pressed the intercom to talk to Captain Epstein.

"Captain, check this out. I'm patching the drone telemetry to your computer. Looks awfully suspicious." The PO2 struck a few keys and within seconds he heard the captain's reply.

"Yes, very. What do you propose we do?"

"Open a channel and see if they stop and let us drop a boarding party on. If not... we aren't a counter-slaver vessel. We don't have the weapons or the troops for a major engagement. Call in another warship?"

"Nearest warship is eight hours out. By the time they got here, anyone on that ship would have already been auctioned in the capital. If anyone's aboard, we're their only hope."

"But we could give away our position to the enemy. A submarine strike?"

"They would arrive too late. I'm opening an encrypted channel. Epstein out."

---

"Unidentified vessel, we have reason to suspect you are transporting slaves in violation of World Assembly resolutions. We request and require you to stop and receive a boarding party."

by **Esalonia** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:23 am

Unknown, Unflagged vessel
Outskirts, Gothic Waters
5 KM from EEZ border of the Glorious Empire

"We're safe hanging 'round here." was the mentality of the crewmen onboard that vessel, which bore no flag and whose identity was unknown. In fact, it was a vessel of the Commonwealth Intelligence Group, a custom transport vessel, through which the Commonwealth intelligence Group would conduct secret operations, one of which was airdropping sabotaged ammunition into the enemy lines of Halfblakistan.

That mentality just taught them a lesson the hard way. A drone was passing by the ship, with its intention clear: scout the ship. THe mere presence of the drone brought up a chill down everyone's spine, and some were already pointing guns at the drone to fire at it if it did ever fire. Snipers armed with DMRs, AMR209 anti-materiel rifles, and BNCA L190 .375 sniper rifles. The suspense of the action was made even higher with the radio system blaring out a transmission from an unknown vessel. "Unidentified vessel, we have reason to suspect you are transporting slaves in violation of World Assembly resolutions. We request and require you to stop and receive a boarding party."

"This is Captain Hallado of the UCS Civil Hands, we are not slavers. We are supplying the Neadresgadian rebels. We allow your boarding party to land on our ship for yo to see for yourselves." the vessel's captain replied to the unknown vessel. Of course, there would be a nice stock of caseless cartridges and Esalonian-made weaponry to fire these...but Captain Hallado, being the negotiator he was, would be able to convince the boarding party that these were intended to be sent to the Neadresgadian rebels.

Situation Room

"The Scandinvans gave the House of Elonia a "purity score" of 8.65. Doesn't matter to me, actually, though the purity of this house's blood must be retained. Diluted in pure Esalonian freemen's blood is the blood of slaves that never lived to breathe pure ow-two for free, live freely and able to determine their destiny so long as it is for the good of not only himself but his nation of allegiance, and walk free of the oppressive yokes of slavery, and it is only through us, through their blood diluted among Esalonian blood, that our dead enslaved ancestors can experience the life of a freeman, or for a more noble end turn slaves into freemen."
-President Gerard Lance

Exhaustion. Anger. Confusion. These emotions composed the atmosphere of the room as the United Commonwealth's greatest minds suggested ways of how to solve the currently problem. Mikaylah Gamboa was already switching sides-from the peaceful, to the warmongering, the latter being the result of military action and vigor flowing through her veins and her ancestors' veins for a thousand years, as well as being arrange-married to a general in the United Commonwealth Army, Major General Gian Gamboa.

"I say the Vismer Declaration will not be implemented by the Scandinvans easily. Come on, since when do they, the Scandinvans, care about distribution of power and equal rights for all sapient creatures?" the latter part of the sentence was rather ironic, given that the non-human minority in Esalonia have retreated to the countryside as a result of the past dictatorial era's Human Supremacy Law, now repealed. "Senator Gamboa, we understand that the Vismer Declaration is not easy to implement, given the mentality of the Scandinvans. But why war? Reforms are much less bloodier, never mind the political enemies assassinated. We can also save many lives." "No. War is the only way the lesson of democracy and universal rights of the sapient creatures would be hammered into their thick skulls." afterwards the panel began to produce chaos as they discussed, in a not-so-quiet manner, the situation on hand, clearly bothered by Mikaylah's words.

by **Kahanistan** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 6:52 pm

RKS Yggdrasil

Everyone aboard the drone carrier breathed a sigh of relief. There was not going to be an engagement unless something happened to the heavily armed naval infantry now suiting up in heavy body armour and load-bearing packs to carry their weapons, ammunition and other military equipment. Clad from head to toe in black Level IV body armour over NBRC gear, and with K-3 Ghazi assault rifles hanging down their shoulder straps, bayonets fixed and underslung grenade launchers attached, a platoon of fifty men and women boarded a helicopter to carry them to the foreign vessel. When the helicopter reached the ship, the platoon commander would be the first to descend, indistinguishable from the other soldiers except for the rank insignia of a lieutenant junior grade in the Republic Navy. From the voice the commander seemed to be female.

"Lieutenant Junior Grade Mishal Al Hamdi," said the officer as she finished her descent from the rappelling cords from the helicopter some twenty metres above the vessel. "Republic of Kahanistan Navy. First Platoon, Beta Company, Second Independent Naval Special Infantry Battalion, currently assigned to RKS Yggdrasil, a Type 71 light carrier of the Republic Navy. We're the boarding party." Behind her, more marines descended from the helicopter along cords with their weapons at the ready. Some of them brought equipment that seemed to need assembling aboard the deck, too large to fit in the chopper in complete form.

by **Mundle** » Sat Sep 12, 2015 7:48 pm

Tofol, Capital of the Mundle Friendship Republic.
The Ministry of Peace

The sitiuation in the Scandinavian Empire was bad. Many people dead and a reactionary regime opressing the minorities of it's nation. Mundle was no stranger to prioritising the collective over the individual but they had a deep dislike for reactionary oppression.

Minister of Peace Hernan Doff, after consulting with the Friendship Party Chairwoman Athaea Wyddk and Minister of Friendship Dodzin Tyynr, decided that action supporting the rebel factions were needed as the begining of a broader policy of containment of such a belligerent empire. The Minister, after looking over plans decided to send a international message detailing the need to resist the Scandinavian Empire, as well as declare support for Neadresgad. The Ministry of Friendship needed to get it's intelligence apparatus ready for espionage against Scandinavia and support of the Neadresgad resistance. "Prepare to send 2 OHkP13 Stealth Subs with covert Ministry of Friendship Agents to Neadresgad, and an elite Special Forces unit as well.

by **Kahanistan** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 2:53 pm

Esalonian ship

The devices the KDF boarding party were assembling were ground-penetrating radar suites intended to find secret compartments that could contain slaves. The platoon commander, seeing no hostile reaction, removed her full-face ballistic helmet and gas mask, revealing a deeply tanned complexion, long dark hair, brown eyes and a small nose. She appeared to be in her mid-20's and fairly tall but apparently much slimmer than her thick body armour would have indicated.

"G.P.R.'s," explained the lieutenant. "Kahanistanian Defence Forces standard equipment for locating hidden slave compartments. If you aren't carrying slaves, it won't hurt the ship. The G.P.R. tells us where to send our crews with thermal to investigate closer, and any slaves located would be offered refuge. Some choose to come to Kahanistan and become part of the immigrant community and obtain citizenship, and quite a few former slaves serve in the KDF. They tend to be some of the best fighting troops we have aside from our fewer surviving Doomani War veterans. Others choose to go to the Refugee Sanctuary run by the government of Ganos Lao, or to Gothic territories of Havensky, which are much nearer to this area."

As the officer spoke, a marine turned a screw on the G.P.R. that completed the assembly and pushed a button lighting up a screen. The armoured soldier then stood up and pointed to where the radar told him the lower decks were. Fourteen marines lined up in two squads of seven, each with four automatic rifles, two medics and a squad leader armed with a breaching shotgun. They awaited the order from Lieutenant Al-Hamdi to go below decks.

"I'm going to lead the inspection squads. Ensign Rawlins will remain in command of the deck party," she said. The man who had activated the radar turned around and indicated for the rest of the boarders to assemble in formation. The officer resumed speaking to the Esalonian deck officer and asked for the captain. "Your captain or designated officer may accompany the boarding party. We may look excessively armed, but a lot of slavers in this area are very heavily armed, usually don't surrender, fire on us as soon as we appear, many of them are willing to murder their slaves rather than allow us to free them, and some have gotten pretty creative about how to thwart us."

"Last ship I served on, about three years ago we even lost an L.T. and his entire inspection squad who stepped into a slave pen below decks, announced that the people there were free, and the 'slaves' pulled out guns and fired and the entire squad was KIA in seconds, they were outnumbered some fifty to one and surrounded. They'd laid a trap for us. In another action, we boarded a vessel where as soon as we entered a slave pen it went up in flames. Bastards had pumped methane gas into the slave pen as soon as we boarded. When we breached, the slavers lit the gas and the slaves in the pen and the KDF boarding party were all burned alive."

"We've tried slower and more methodical search tactics as countermeasures, but by the time we've searched out hidden gas lines or bombs or scuttling charges we're left with nothing to liberate but corpses. So now we search ships with two squads, one conducts the slower, methodical search and warns the other if they find something, while the other squad moves directly toward where the slaves are expected to be. In the event of an ambush they can radio for the slow-search squad to relieve them, or the deck squads. You'll notice we have two medics per squad. We expect any slave will need some kind of medical treatment, and of course in the event of slaver resistance we have to treat our own wounded. ROE is we don't fire unless fired upon, and if we are we call in more marines from the ship." She didn't bother to mention that there were no more marines on the ship, and the nearest warship, seven hours away by ship, was even by chopper an hour and a half out.

by **Esalonia** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:11 am

UCS Civil Hands
Captain Glenn John Hallado

The boarding party's leader explained what they'd be doing. Sensing no hostility the boarding party removed their ballistic masks. The Esalonian crew never had anything to hide other than the supplies they would use to supply rebels in Neadresgad.

However if the boarding party would find a secret barracks Captain Hallado would explain. "That's a last resort bunker if the ship gets a pirate attack. From there the ship can be controlled, and is well-ventilated to prevent us from getting smoked out, something very unlikely to happen since the CRBN system of the last resort bunker would block anything that is not oxygen, smoke from a fire included. If they decide to torch the ship down it's another story." Captain Hallado would explain to the boarding party's leader, whose face spoke of sullen suspicion of whatever was onboard the Esalonian ship.

Captain Hallado explained to them what the supplies were. "They're standard Esalonian military equipment-rations, ammunition, entire guns, hell even ATGMs, but no body armor. Once The Scandinvans goes up in flames I'd be cooking a s'more over the fire. That would let the slaves among freemen's blood taste freedom. As what President Lance said, only through us that the slaves in our blood can experience the life of a freeman, or for a noble end turn slaves to freemen. The supplies are being HALO dropped over Neadresgadian territory. They would know the guns are Esalonian, everything sent was Esalonian." Captain Hallado explained.

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