The Durba-Stobe Crisis [Closed] [IC] [MT]

[San Regada]

San Antonio
San Regada

Nearly two million men, women and children had gathered in front of the presidential palace, waving Regadan flags and chanting nationalist slogans. They were angry, very angry, some of them had even been tearing, spitting on and trampling on Furbish flags whilst TV crews filmed it, broadcasting their actions all across the world. They had marched across the entire capital to the presidential palace after the President herself had called for the Regadan people to come out in force to demonstrate against a new wave of colonialism, called "neocolonialism" as she deemed it a threat to global stability. People all across San Regada watched attentively as all normal TV broadcasts were interrupted and the feed was changed to a live broadcast as the President walked onto the balcony, flanked by 8 elite commandos, 4 on each side of her. The crowd went mental as they saw here and their cheering and chanting were nearly deafening as flags were thrown in the air in joy. Loudspeakers set up all around the area ushered the crowd to be calm, and then the President began to speak, and as she did, the people were holding their breaths, listening.

"My people... words cannot describe how overwhelmed I am to see you all here today, chanting the praises to the republic. This is a truly joyful occasion, however, the words that I am about to speak may dampen the mood. Sons and daughters of the Regadan nation, once again, the evil forces of colonialism and its deathly jaws are attempting to consume our brothers. San Regada has a proud ethnic linage, nearly half our population hails from the Amerindians, the people that built this nation up with their blood, sweat and tears and without them we would not exist as the nation that people know today, the nation with a flag that brings the mighty to its knees and make wise men tremble in awe. Our Amerindian brothers and sisters are being oppressed by the barbaric neo-liberals of the 'Furbish Islands', but I promise you this, we will liberate our brothers and sisters and help them establish their own nation, free from the neocolonialist powers! It will not be easy, and we will have many difficult decisions ahead of us, but it will be known that San Regada has never, and will never, stand for colonialist actions against another group of people, especially people that we hail from. ADELANTE MADRE-PATRIA!"

El Bichar Naval Base
San Regada

The base was relatively quiet a few hours ago, before the President had appeared in public, two ships had left port. The first ship was a Ropucha-class landing ship and on-board it carried 320 soldiers armed with a mixture of AT, Assault Rifles, Machine Guns, Sniper Rifles and Mines as well as 12 BTR-82A Armoured Personnel Carriers. The ship also carried several heavy weapon caches containing AK-47's, RPG-7's and PKM Machine Guns that were intended to be delivered to native forces in order to form militia groups on the island to fight against Furbish rule when needed as well as 20 Regadan Amerindian militiamen. The second ship was a Yasen-class submarine that was deployed to provide security for the marines, with the capability of striking surface, submerged and land targets with its arsenal of 40 Kalibr-PL Cruise Missiles and 20 Heavy Torpedoes. Silently, these ships had already left Regadan territorial waters and were on their way to Durba-Stobe...

[Laeuwen]

LNS "Freedom" - South Pacific Ocean

It was only 5 in the morning but the sounds of two aircraft roaring over the carrier had been enough to wake up the crew before the alarm to get to their posts even had to be sounded, as the crew were alert and excited for the potential mission that they were going to embark on. The sun was still rising as its brightness stunned many on-board the carrier as it slowly continued ascending into the sky, with the top layer of the sky a lightish violet which would transition to a more modest, light orangeish pink as a human eye worked their way down towards the horizon and only a few scarce clouds dotted the skies. Multiple aircraft were lined up on the deck already but more and more were being brought up via elevators to the flight deck and being prepared by deck crews that attended to them, ensuring they were correctly fuelled, armed, and that all safety procedures had been conducted to avoid any in-flight accidents. Forming up the bulk of the aircraft was the mighty F/A-181A "Black Wasp II" Multirole Fighter. The new combat aircraft formed the backbone of Laeutchian Naval Aviation and was also seeing increased service in the Laeutchian Air Force, designed to replace the F-22A as it had several stealthy features such as a reduced radar cross section and a sleeker airframe built with RTM technology, BMI composite materials, HIP castings, CPS, EB welding and others. A total of 64 of these aircraft were on board. The completely stealth variant, the F/A-181B was also present on the aircraft carrier, with 12 of them being stored within the hangar of the ship. Also on-board were MH-80S Ghosthawk Stealth Transport Helicopters, a small component of stealthy MQ-27 Sentinel Stealth UCAV's and 2 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AEWAC's. The ship was well protected, sporting 14 Mk 38 Mod 3 Automatic Cannons, 3 Praetorian 1C CIWS', 3 Mk-49 Spartan SAM's and 3 Mk-21 Centurion SAM's.

Alongside the Freedom were four more vessels: Three Guided Missile Destroyers armed with 4 Mk-44 "Sea Sabre" Anti-Missile Defense Systems, 2 Chaff Launchers, 2 MH-80S Ghosthawk Helicopters, 1 Mk-59 Vertical Launch Missile Launcher with 96 missiles and a 155mm Naval Gun, as well as one Heavy Missile Cruiser armed with 24 SS-N-40 Cruise Missile Vertical Launchers with 24 missiles, 16 Long Range Octuple Vertical Launch Systems with 128 missiles, 16 Medium Range Octuple Vertical Launch Systems with 128 missiles, 4 Chaff Launchers, 4 Mk-44 "Sea Sabre" Anti-Missile Defense Systems, 2 Quintuple Torpedo Launchers with 30 torpedoes, 2 MH-80S Ghosthawk Helicopters, 2 155mm Naval Guns and 1 Killer Dart "Interceptor" Short Range Torpedo Launcher with 64 torpedoes. These ships made up the contingent known as "Task Force 31" whom's goals were to "monitor" the situation from international waters. Another naval contingent following closely behind Task Force 31 was Task Force 32 which comprised of two Amphibious Assault Ships and three Guided Missile Destroyers and finally, Task Force 33, which consisted solely of four Nuclear Guided Missile Submarines (SSGN). It was no secret that Laeutchia strongly disagreed with the Furbish Islands, but for now, they would stay in international waters, and were there to "keep the peace" in the region. The armada of ships continued to sail towards Durba-Stobe, as they were ordered to continue sailing until they reached the edge of international waters, where they would halt and initiate an operation.

[Radimostan]

Coast near the Durba-Stobe
Bridge of the FVP Overlord

The Overlord was the Ranger destroyer class ship. It was not small but not very big, with only circa hundred sailors, a dozen pilots and a platoon of Commandos onboard. The sea was rough when the destroyer arrived, some waves were so high that her nose almost submerged for a while. "It looks like sea level five, maybe even six." said on of the bridge officers. "I see, but our ship is strong enough. Keep the course!" captain Gregorov answered him.
The Overlord was the nearest Radimostanian ship. She operated near the area of San Ragada for a long time, protecting the cargo ship from local pirates. Thanks to her very close location, she was able to be the first ship to reach the edge of international waters. Able to monitor the situation. But the Overlord was not the only Radimostanian ship trying to reach the Durba-Stobe. The destroyer Uranus will reach her goal on Friday. But the main force with the FLL Admiral Gurchko in charge, together with FVP Citadel and FVP Uranus will reach the position on Monday.
"Ship on the position, sir." Stated the officer. "Good, good. Now it is time to send the team alpha with a delegation to capital. Contact the local garrison and tell them about us. We don't want our helicopter to be shot down."
"Aye, aye sir."
In less than a dozen minutes the helicopter is prepared to take off. With ten man squad of commandos and group of diplomatic staff. Their orders are to investigate the situation and to report the mood of natives about the "colonisation". The chopper will land in current Furbish camp. "Good luck." said the captain to the commander of commandos. "Remeber what happened to our peacekeepers in Chkalovsk. Be sure it will not happen again."

[San Regada]

Off the Coast
San Regada

Only a few hours ago, twelve Ropucha-class landing ships had left the Port of San Antonio and were quickly sailing in the direction of Durba-Stobe. This time, the ships were not carrying any soldiers, but rather, what appeared to be civilians in normal clothes. Inside the ships they had brought many building materials and equipment which could be used to construct basic but advanced infrastructure within a short period time, such at metals, power tools, wood, electricity generators, lights and electronic devices. There were also several weapon caches hidden in the ship, for these were not normal civilians, these were people that had served in the Regadan Volunteer Army as well as the Regadan Army and Regadan Marines, and more specific, they were Amerindian peoples. Protecting the ships were two more submarines of the Yasen-class that were ahead of the formation, ready to combat any threat they faced.

Pacific Ocean

The twelve ships continued their journey towards Durba-Stobe as they cut through the Pacific's waves.

[Radimostan]

Chernogord
The Bureau of Navy

The Bureau of Navy was the main HQ of the Federal Navy. Today the corridors of the building were busier than usually, the Federal Navy is the only branch of the military currently taking part during Durba-Stobe crisis. Preventing the war is the most important thing for the Federative Republic, but the Navy is preparing for the worst. Admiral Wlaskovicz, Chief of the Navy, is now telephoning in his office.
"I can assure you that we are doing everything to get as many forces as possible to Durba-Stobe. "
"Good, the other nations are sending entire task forces. We need more balanced power in case of armed conflict." replied the Federal Officer of Defence.
"I know sir. The FVP Uranus will be at her position tonight."
"And what about the rest of the HSOG?"
"The carrier Admiral Gurko and other two ranger-class destroyers are still in Hirvania, taking the peacekeepers onboard as you ordered. We assume they will reach the Durba-Stobe tomorrow."
"I understand, keep up good work." Says the Federal Officer of Defence and hangs up the phone.

Location of the FVP Overlord
The sea is finally calm, so the captain Gregorov ordered to proceed more advanced manoeuvres. While the Durba-Stobe embargo act is still a matter of discussion in parliament, the FVP Overlord have orders to prepare for the possible blockade. The ship will situate itself to the south-west position from the Durba-Stobe territory.

[Radimostan]

The Unexpected Expedition

North part of the Island
The Expedition of Dr. Krulov
Although the situation in government is hot it does not stop the private interests. The Radimostanian geologist Dr Krulov famous for his study of volcanos decided to start expedition immediately when the Island was found. Someone would think that only madman would go on an expedition to the place where there is the possibility of the escalation. Well, the Krulov is kinda a madman. He leads a group of circa thirty geologists, biologists and oceanographists protected by only ten members of the Shadow Strike Private Military Company. Their main objective is to study the local volcano in the centre of the island. Also, it is not secret that Dr Krulov and many other members of his team have strong objections against the colonialism and even stronger objections against neo-colonialism.

Location of the Dr. Krulov expedition

[Laeuwen]

Task Force 31 - International Waters near Durba-Stobe

The combined forces of the Laeutchian Navy had arrived some hours ago, thanks to the relatively close proximity of the Navy's forward in North Colishi, located in the Pacific Ocean. The three detachments had split up and deployed to their assigned locations, whilst Task Force 31 remained on the edge of international waters. On the deck of the LNS Freedom, F/A-181A and F/A-181B 'Black Wasp II' Multirole Fighters had been armed to the tooth with Air to Ground Missiles but also Air to Air missiles in the event that aerial combat broke out, however, these planes were only readied in the event of a conflict breaking out. Most of the planes still remained in the hangar even though there was still a large amount of them that had been brought up to the deck. The 5 stealthy MQ-27 'Sentinel' UCAV's had been brought to the deck and were fully armed with four GBU-32 JDAM's in their arsenal and one Mark-83 Unguided Bomb as well as being fully fuelled. For now, they were ordered to wait for further developments, along with the rest of Task Force 31.

Task Force 32A - Strait of Durba-Stobe

Task Force 32 had split into two parts, Task Force 32A headed down the Strait of Durba-Stobe, consisting of one Amphibious Assault Ship and two Guided Missile Destroyers as well as the Guided Missile Submarines Anschluss and Kaiserreich from Task Force 33, whilst Task Force 32B had followed the Regadan Navy's landing ship and was positioned North East of Durba-Stobe, near the territory of Fedria. Now positioned in the Strait of Durba-Stobe, Task Force 32A had received word from its Regadan counterparts that it was time to initiate the first phase of the operation. The LNS Conqueror immediately sprung into action, launching 30 AAVP-7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles, 8 V-44X Blackfish VTOL Transports and 4 CH-67 Huron Helicopters carrying Laeutchian Marines and men from the Special Forces Group Wolfsroedel towards the main part of Durba-Stobe, with the objective of landing just East of the edge of its territory and fan out across the length of the border where they would eventually meet their Regadan counterparts and set up a string of hidden bases in the forests and hills in which to operate from. A smaller group would be deployed to the Western holdings of Durba-Stobe on the second island, and had left the Conqueror, being transported by 10 AAVP-7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles, 4 V-44X Blackfish VTOL Transports and 2 CH-67 Huron Helicopters. Due to the number of Marines and Special Forces on board the Conqueror, the vehicles and helicopters were required to make multiple trips to and from the Conqueror to transport all forces ashore, but this was not a problem due to the relative proximity of the landing zones. It readied its Black Wasp II's for any potential combat.

Task Force 32B - Strait of Fedria

Task Force 32A consisted of the LNS Divergence and the Guided Missile Destroyer, LNS Aegis which was slightly ahead to act as defence against any attack. Task Force 32A did not acquire any submarine support from Task Force 33, instead it was relying on support from the Regadan Navy submarine also operating in the area, but as a just in case, the Guided Missile Submarine Hellhound had been rerouted to operate within a closer proximity of Task Force 32B as a safety precaution. Hearing the word from its Regadan counterparts, the LNS Divergence sprung into action. It transported Laeutchian Marines and Special Forces with 40 AAVP-7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles, 12 V-44X Blackfish VTOL Transports and 6 CH-67 Huron Helicopters towards their landing zone, which would be slightly more Eastwards compared to the Regadan one. It's 2 F/A-181B Black Wasp II Stealth Multirole Fighters were also brought to the deck and prepared for immediate combat, should the landing party be engaged, and they were kitted out out fully for aerial warfare, with eight air to air missiles held in its internal weapons bay.

[Laeuwen]

Presidential Palace, San Antonio - República de San Regada

A black armoured limousine pulled up in-front of the Presidential Palace, with two heavily armoured and armed jeeps in-front of the vehicle and another two behind it. The press went crazy, frantically snapping photographs as Daniëlle Achthoven, President of the Laeutchian Federation, stepped out of the vehicle and was immediately flanked by seven members of the Executive Security Unit, with three on either side of her and another one leading the way upfront, beckoning at the press to move out the way. She walked up the steps and entered the Presidential Palace and looked around at the interior for a bit before finding herself to the conference room where the joint press release with the Regadan president would take place. She walked up some more steps and onto the stage, where four flags, two Laeutchian and two Regadan, were attached to relatively large flag stands behind the two podiums.

[San Regada]

Presidential Palace, San Antonio
Republic of San Regada

President Cristina Reyes took to the podium with her Laeutchian counterpart and began speaking.

"The current situation between the Democratic Economic Union of Nations and the Republic of San Regada is very tense. As you know, some of their members have been supporting the neocolonialist actions of the Furbish Islands, and this is something that we can not accept. The Furbish have used military might to take over our fellow Amerindian brothers and sisters and on behalf of the government and people of San Regada, this is a move that I wholeheartedly condemn. The Amerindian people have been subject to enough forced subjugation at the hand of colonial powers and once again the deathly jaws of the colonialist era in its new modern form, neocolonialism, have come to punish an already punished people, and we will not stand for this. If they used armed superiority to take over a peaceful island, why should its people not used armed superiority to take back their rightful native lands? We have been discussing this situation very closely with the Organization of Strategically Aligned Nations as well as attempting to resolve it with the Democratic Economic Union of Nations, but should this spiral out of control, all cards will be on the table."

East of Durba-Stobe
Unclaimed Territory

The Regadan Marines had advanced swiftly inland and were not a great distance away from the border with but still had some distance to go before they reached, however, they would be there in no time thanks to the BTR-82A's, which would be the first to arrive on the border soon. Regadan forces had been notified that the Laeutchians had began their operations and were pleased to know that they would soon be linking up with their long time ally, as they continued to advance in the direction of the middle region of the border, and during their advance, they had come into contact with several native tribesmen and their villages. Initially the tribesmen were scared, but, the Regadan government had been specific with its deployment and ensured that the majority of the Regadan Marines understood or spoke Amerindian languages, due to the fact that 47% of the Regadan population was Amerindian or Amerindian descendants such as the Mestizo peoples, this was not a problem. When they came into contact with the natives, they were able to communicate and began talking to them about the situation, telling them that they had been colonized by a foreign power. The Regadan Marines used nationalistic terminology and patriotic ethno-talk to really stir up the hearts of the natives and make them angry and talked of a unified Amerindian homeland for the native people, which gained their support. Then, came the crucial part: The weapons caches that had been brought ashore by the landing crews were distributed to any of the natives they could find and get on their side and they were briefly trained in using the weapons as well as some insurgent tactics. The marines also dispatched their 20 'special' personnel to start travelling with the native tribes to spread the word of a coming revolution. The armed loyalist natives were told to follow the Marines towards the border, where they would set up camps and prepare for proxy operations and train the natives further with more sophisticated combat tactics, but also because the natives knowledge of the terrain would have given them a good advantage if they were to be engaged in any armed conflict. Steadily, the advance continued.

[Semolia]

TV News, RTSemolia, 19.10

As the situation at the Durba-Stobe Island culminates, the United Kingdom didn't issued any statement for now. The people in the United Kingdom are really worried about current San Regada-Furbish Islands conflict in the Union, especially when they interfere other organizations in these problems as well. As analysts are sure that United Kingdom supports peaceful stand and solution through Union's institutions. The analyst from the popular newspapers New Order, talks to the RTS: 'The United Kingdom will probably support Furbish Islands, but on peaceful way, because San Regada's position is aggressive. In many situations, San Regada tried to blackmail Union's institutions and reacted aggressively if Union makes other decision than San Regada requested. Many times, the United Kingdom didn't even reacted on all provocations of San Regada, as Niko Faghe said that those flame statements aren't useful for anyone, except for the San Regadian people and politicians.'
As RTS knows, the Foreign Staff meeting will be held tonight in the Federal Secretariat. Foreign Staff will meet and discuss about current situation in Durba-Stobe Islands. Federal Secretary-General won't be present as usual, First Adviser will lead meeting, but we are assured by the Federal Secretariat that Federal Secretary-General and Federal Premier talked on this issue. Right after meeting we will expect press conference or at least statement by the Press Officer of the Foreign Staff.

[Radimostan]

The Federative Republic of Radimostan
Radimopolis, Jeneseovsky Palace
Today the Lower House of the parliament voted against the proposal of the President Zeintek to embargo the Furbish Island. With fifty votes for and fifty votes against the proposal. President is shocked as many members of his own party were aginst it.

Speech of the President
My dear citizens of the Federative Republic,
The Furbish Island created the colony of Durba-Stobe. This colony was created without any historical claim on this territory and without the permission of local natives. It would be hypocritical of me to support such action, due to fact that one of my electoral promises was to give more sovereignty to current Radimostanian colonies. Unfortunately, the Grand Forum decided to prevent from punishing this act of neo-imperialism through the embargo which I proposed. We have to believe that the Furnish Island will find out that colonialism is dead today. We also appeal to other nations that have their subject on the Islands to gave up claims on these territories.

I invited the leaders from Hirvanina, Semolia, Furbish Island, San Regada, Laeutchia and Gauliscia to take part in council in Chernogordod on 20. 5. 2017 where will discuss the situation and decide the next steps.

The FVP Uranus arrives
The FVP Uranus, sister ship of the FVP Overlord, arrived at the operational zone. Her orders are to join the FVP Overlord and continue with patrolling together.

[Gauliscia]

Glœrhéi House, Residence of the Realm Chancellor, Chlowisbuerg, United Realm of Gauliscia
“Well, I dare say these first three months haven't been too bad…” mused the Realm Chancellor, a tall man of steady build and a kind but worn face. Lord Charlomann Houëcker had succeeded Theréza de Scheÿjax as Realm Chancellor following her resigning due to medical issues. Now head of the Stalwart Boar Party and head of government, his career was at its pinnacle. A noble honorific, the largest democratic mandate in Gauliscian electoral history and a war hero far exceeded his wildest dreams as a boy; the son of a book publisher.

He sat in his green leather chair at his desk, reclined, jacket off, sleeves rolled up, tie unfastened and a cigar dangled out of his mouth whilst he eyed the contents of his glass of cognac. Sunk deep into the sofa opposite was his new foreign secretary, Chlothaar d’Hyrxna and his Cabinet Secretary: Sir Jochunn Apfelbrueck, both swirling their own glasses of cognac reflectively and puffing cigars.
“As far as such things go, yes, Chancellor.. Parliament can soon retire for the holidays and that will be that. Planning a holiday for your yourself Chancellor?” Replied the Cabinet Secretary, standing up and adjusting his waistcoat as he went to the large oak cabinet to refill his glass. The Cabinet Secretary was the most important civil servant in Gauliscia, he was the nucleus of the cell that was the bureaucracy, he ran the office of the Cabinet and subsequently the office of the Realm Chancellor. In many cases, unless the Realm Chancellor was particularly feisty, it could be said that it was they who steered the ship.
“Oh, taking the wife and sproglets down to Hlaxuwe on the south coast. Little beach cottage with a pool and there's some nice taverns nearby. Plenty of stuff for the children.” Said Charlomann, signing off the last document in his pile with the goose feather quill, feathers from a goose sacrificed to Hjullur, god of council. Sifting the signed document away, underneath it was a little wooden box of sugared almonds, he lifted it up with a smirk to show Jochunn who grinned. It was common practice for civil servants to reward their masters with an edible, drinkable or smokeable item for a long shift of paperwork, often hidden amongst it.
“Well done Chancellor, just in time as I need to catch my train home.” Chuckled the civil servant, nodding to the foreign secretary and the Realm Chancellor as he sauntered out with his briefcase. The foreign secretary stood up and closed the door shut.
“Charlomann..” he began, taking a long swig of his cognac. “The department alerted me this morning to an ongoing situation in an archipelago off of Chile. It's, er.. blatant colonialism… the whole string of islands is being portioned up like a tart. The native population, recently discovered and unspoilt by these western imperialists are at serious risk.”
Charlomann slowly came to sit next to his minister on the sofa, puffing out from his cigar. Chlothaar continued.
“I must say, I feel quite strongly about this one. I'd like us to intervene.”
Charlomann swirled the smoke around in his mouth before blowing it out and watching it disperse before his eyes.
“What kind of intervention? The military needs a rest Chlothaar…” he winced, tapping the cigar on the side of a small ceramic bowl to knock off the dying embers.
“Only a small one, handful of ships and operatives, we’d seek to support a local power called San Regada. But the nature of an intervention is for the military office to determine. I'd just like to see it done. Maybe you could speak to Jannick tonight, I heard you are going to the bullring with him tonight.” Suggested Chlothaar. Charlomann nodded slowly. He owed this much to Chlothaar, who had served under him when he himself was foreign secretary, diligently and loyally.
“I'll talk to Jannick, see what we can do and put it through parliament as quickly as possible.”

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Hutthochréis Bull Arena, Chlowisbuerg, United Realm of Gauliscia
The unquenchable roar of the crowd was an addiction for Uette, rearing his horse up onto its hind hooves and saluting the chanting masses.
“Pféil! Pféil! Pféil!” Or in other words ‘shaft!’ thundered around the ring, urging him on to launch another javelin into the black flanks of the burly bull, who pounded its blood stained hooves in anger, blood from a horse of a previous rider he had gored off the saddle. Uette poised to strike, lining up the shaft with the auroch’s temples, and he muttered a short beseeching to Schkaathi, god of hunters, before letting the javelin loose. It flew into the thick neck of the bull, who let out a blood-gargling bellow and shook his great horned head in rage as, kicking up a swirling cloud of golden dust it thundered towards Uette.

Charlomann meanwhile spectated from a box reserved for cabinet ministers, a table was laid in the middle of the box with a platter of red beef, glazed in whisky and juniper berries and surrounded by smaller dishes, little fried dumplings of minced lamb, fried turnip squares, buttery asparagus and of course a barrel of pear cider, from which they drank with horns. It seemed as though all Chlowisbuerg was in the arena, cheering riders when their shafts struck home, booing and hissing when they missed, stamping their feet and roaring chants, often reciting lines from the national epic, the Hlaathuwer, from which most of the context of the Gauliscian breed of bullfighting supposedly comes from, mimicking the scenes in the poem when Hlaathu fights Chwotzou the Thærsian Auroch. Egged on by subsidised drink, namely rich mead and cider, an all manner of obscenities occurred, some shouting vulgarisms to the female riders, others bearing unsightly body parts. But the mob was the dough of Gauliscia, and to tread the path of the degenerate west who had scorned their labouring classes would be fatal in all ways. Charlomann simply smiled and looked on. Turning back to the buffet table to refill his plate, he brushed passed Jannick Thassohéim, Her Majesty’s Secretary for Military Affairs.
“Ah Jan, I needed to have a bit of a chinwag with you.” He said, taking Jannick’s arm to lead him to front of the box, so that the nearby crowd could drown out their conversation.
“The foreign office is really quite concerned about the situation in the Furbish Archipelago, not least the spread of the liberal west but also the inevitable destruction of the native peoples. If I were to draft emergency legislation to pass through the house tomorrow allowing us to intervene, could you firstly give me pointers to the sort of force necessary and then prepare such a force?”
Jannick, a veteran minister in his department and a towering figure over most nodded slowly, as he swallowed the beef he'd just pulped in his mouth.
“I can't say I know too much about this Archipelago, and I'm no military expert as far the specifics go for orders of battle. But er, in fact..” trailed off the minister as he beckoned over his permanent secretary. A permanent secretary was the civil service official in charge of each ministry, and much like the cabinet secretary, tended to be in charge. It was of course essential that the elected ministers think they were in charge, but in actual fact ensure the ministers act in the interests of the civil service.
“Héickomann, the Realm Chancellor wants to know how we can intervene in this Furbish business.. what troops et cetera?”
The senior civil servant put his horn of cider down with a smile, for he was now rather pleased.
“Well Chancellor, I wouldn't recommend a large force, better to let more local entities solve this, but nonetheless a force with teeth ought to be sent. I would send a few auxiliary ships and three warships, complimented by a small contingent of marines and commandos. One thing we can do at this stage, Realm Chancellor, is sending a submarine and frogmen down there to begin surveillance and reconnaissance. The potential repercussions from sending our forces in blind would be enough to unseat this government or at the very least unseat you.” Explained the civil servant silkily. Charlomann raised an eyebrow.
“Of course, just remember I myself, as indeed you did, serve in active combat. I am fully sensible of the the needs of intelligence gathering. That being so, Jan, despatch those frogmen immediately and I'll get Chlothaar talking to the Regadans. I want the taskforce legislation written for tomorrow morning and the relevant forces put into motion. I don't want a huge palaver let's just do it swiftly and without fuss. Don't hide it from the press but don't go blaring it out. I'll make a statement regarding it when it passes through both chambers.”
“Jolly good.” Replied the civil servant, bowing gracefully as he turned to other company. The crowd roared now as Uette, now dismounted and sword in hand delivered the killing blow to the limping beast, which slumped into the dirt, with just under a dozen shafts poking from its savaged flanks and thick purple gore oozed into the dust.

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USWB Schlagthaand, Chlouw-Class Attack Submarine, 520 metres below sea level, East Estour Ocean
Lieutenant Boudewéin d’Olscheur ripped off the transmission from the machine. It was in code and a heavy one at that. He placed it on the workstation of Lieutenant Gaston Saathulf from naval intelligence.
“Latest transmission in from Bréihaafn (Gauliscian Naval HQ). Came with an ‘all possible haste’ tag.” Remarked Boudewéin, straightening his tie.
“Roger that, I'll have it done in a few minutes.”

Boudewéin returned to his seat having made himself an Éichsmelch, essentially a coffee but made with acorns instead. He sipped it and it reminded him of home. The little stone cottage with thatching, the rose garden and the nearby brook that ran from the barren hills not a few miles north, and the little goat of course which bleated incessantly. He was the first of his family to join the navy and the first to take military service beyond conscription. Being from the rolling and craggy Xwaallænde, traditionally he would have joined either a Rifles regiment or a light cavalry regiment, most likely the latter as he could ride a horse, not that, except for parades that was too relevant for military recruitment in such times. After two more years, Boudewéin planned on leaving the navy, buying his own little house and raise a family, he had several contacts in the city firms and markets, from which he could enter into a city job to put bread on the table. Or he could stay in the navy and benefit from all the perks. He swung round on his chair, pondering these matters until he became aware of someone calling.
“Lieutenant?!”
Lieutenant Gaston presented the decoded message in a sealed envelope to Boudewéin with a sparkle in his eye.
“Captain’s eyes only.” Said Gaston with a smirk as Boudewéin tucked the envelope under his left arm and fitted his peaked cap on. Heels clicking on the deck he strode briskly down the red-lit corridor to the bridge. He came to a halt behind the Captain, slamming his shoe down, and when the Captain turned, Boudewéin made a swift salute and snapped his heels.
“Lieutenant?”
“Captain, this just in from Bréihaafn.”
The Captain, Raadulf Gwulloufeld, a grizzled veteran who had truly earned the red tips on the kraken tentacles above his left breast pocket, a Wankan carrier had met a watery end from his shafts, took the transmission and broke the seal with his letter opener.

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Bréihaafn Naval HQ --- USWB Schlagthaand--- THREEFOLD ENCRYPTION

----TO BE EXECUTED WITHOUT DELAY AND WITH ALL DELIBERATE HASTE----

Rendezvous with Gewa Section, Royal Marine Frogmen Corps at the following grid reference, Estour 004|4820,6621 at 00:35

Schlagthaand will be inserting 5 frogmen into the Furbish Archipelago to carry out pre-operation reconnaissance. Orders pertaining to this will be wired at a later date. Operation Go Word is Særslo.

May the Gods guide and protect

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ᛟᚠᚠᛁᛉᛁᛂᛚᚽᚴᚽ ᚡᚽᚱᚴᛚᚪᚱᛖ ᛞ’ᚱᚼᛁᚴᛊᚴᚪᚾᛉᛚᚽᚱ
Official Statement of the Realm Chancellor

Children of Wœdin! Truly with a heart heavy in my breast do I address you this Moon. Once again the liberal progressive west has bared its sordid fangs and now has slithered to a defenceless and recently uncovered string of islands, unblemished by the savagery of iron and fickleness of electricity. These people, the Amerindians are pure and unspoilt, yet all this is now threatened by a host of nations who have such sordid disregard for such sanctities. In the new Sun, Parliament shall vote on an expeditionary force to defend these people and if needs be employ our righteous wrath and might bequeathed unto us by the gods to shoo these imperialists from such lands. To the Amerindian people, if you will ever see this, Gauliscia will do all it can to safeguard your sovereignty from the grasping claws of the west.

HAIL WŒDIN AND LONG LIVE THE HIGH KING

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Like dandelion seeds scattered by a child with red-cheeked puff, the sea-borne warriors descended from the swooping grey bird which soared back into the blackness of the night. Then, out from under the swirling purple waves rose a mighty sea beast and the wave foam cascaded down its metal flanks as a bright and fizzling green light soared from a tube on the megafish, high into the sky, briefly rivalling the light of the Moon and laying bare for the men whom were known as frogs the great crest of the depth ascended monster. Men stood on it's back in brightly coloured garments, waving torches as the frogs swam towards the fearsome vessel and were hauled aboard. And down it sunk again, the other sea creatures scattering from its new path as it went swiftly, growling as it glided. And so it set out, with prayers from the Crew Shaman and a toast to the war nymphs by the officers.

[Semolia]

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22.00 212 Square of St. Nicolas,
Federal Secretariat of External Affairs

By the Federal Building, great number of journalists was trying to get some info, before the time. You could hear: 'We are live from the St. Nicolas Square, ...', than 'We will immediately transmit new information, ...' Outside of the building, atmosphere was really hot. Press officers tried to get information on all ways. All waited for the meeting to finish, and meeting didn't even started. Few minutes later, you could hear sirens and blink lights on the main gate. Convoy of cars was entering the gate. Convoy quickly drove by the entrance and main car stopped at the red carpet. Officer opened door and Cossta Ionnis, First Adviser of the Secretariat, exited the car. He quickly went up the stairs, with the folder in his arms and entered the building. He elegantly said: 'Good evening, sir.' to the security guard at the pult. He quickly entered to the elevator and hurried to the Blue Chamber as he was last person missing on the meeting. Cossta firstly entered his office, talked few seconds with the Secretary and went to the meeting.

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22.17 Federal Secretariat of External Affairs,
Blue Chamber

Blue Chamber was full of the people as 10 people took their seats. Right after First Adviser entered all persons stood up and greeted him. He quickly sat and said: 'Let's go to the job.' 'This situation on Durma-Stobe really culminated, even that Federal Premier said to the Federal Secretary-General to immediately solve this situation, because if King doesn't sees results it will be really problematic. I would like to say I got Report from the Foreign Service and it isn't very positive. Here is Aleccs, he will hive proper explanation.' Aleccs Ghúarmé: ' Thank you, Sir. I will get to the thing right away. The San Regada itself plans to colonize island, they provide weapons to the natives and use propaganda to turn them against Furbish Republic and Furbish people. San Regada plans massive action to take over Durba. They secretly, using humanitarian intervention as excuse, give weapons to the native to fight against Furbish people. Thousands of guns were given. Situation is really critical, not to say military that waits on the border to invade Island. So practically, we could say, San Regada performed action to take Island under their sovereignty, that's clear.' Pandrea Consse: 'Well, I must say I am shocked by this. I contacted few Regadian officials and I didn't even had idea what they plan. This is shocking, for real.' Marco Traghón: 'I propose that the United Kingdom propose to the Union's Security Council to immediately send military and civil observers as San Regada's obviously preparing military operation.'
They discussed various options. Finally, around 23.30 meeting finished.

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23.35 Federal Secretariat of External Affairs
Press Room

As Press Officer of the Foreign Staff, Franco Rameó, entered the Press Room, photographers gone mad. Lights were painful. Right after few seconds, lights stopped. Franco opened folder with UK's coat of arms and started:
'In accordance with national law, Foreign Staff held emergency meeting on the current situation in Durba-Stobe Island. The Foreign Staff was informed by the intelligence services, and all other agencies about current situation on the Island. The United Kingdom won't further comment on actions of San Regada nor Furbish Islands. All the conclusions and decisions made, are and will be given through Ghuelibre Trilateral Group (G3G). Thank you.'
Franco quickly exited the Room, while journalists were shouting questions.

[Laeuwen]

Task Force 31 - International Waters

And so, the order was given to light up the colonial scum.

The first ships to open fire were the three Guided Missile Destroyers assigned to the task force, firing rapidly in salvos of 16 missiles at a time and before no time, 288 missiles had streaked off into the sky and were racing towards targets in Durba-Stobe. The stealthy 3M-54 Klub was a sea skimming missile with advanced systems that made it harder to detect or intercept compared to a regular cruise missile and its speed gave it an advantage. In sync with the Guided Missile Destroyers, the next to fire was the Heavy Missile Cruiser, this time, opening up in salvos of 32 missiles with rapid succession and firing off a grand total of 248 cruise missiles towards targets in Durba-Stobe. Targets included Port Ah-Bay, Port-de-Lafoo and several military garrisons, camps, outposts or bases as well as any potential naval facility, airbases or air defense sites with pinpoint precision due to live feed data from Laeutchian military satellites and other photographic evidence from earlier Regadan satellite pictures. Some were armed with KX-12 unconventional warheads, giving an additional blast power of 0.02 kilotons. In-ship automated replenishment systems immediately set into motion, rearming the Guided Missile Destroyers and the Heavy Missile Cruiser so they could prepare for another strike.

The LNS Freedom started deploying its warplanes, with a grand total of 12 F/A-181B 'Black Wasp II' aircraft being launched. These stealth aircraft were vastly superior to the F-22A in terms of radar signature, speed, payload, agility and range and had allowed the Laeutchian Navy to operate stealth fighters for deep strike operations. The squadron flying off of the Freedom was the elite Daggermouth squadron that had seen aerial combat in Darayya and North Colishi as well as strike missions in Guana and the Horizon Islands. Capable of targetting multiple sea, air and land targets st once, immediately flew towards Durba-Stobe to neutralize any targets they found and achieve complete air superiority. Meanwhile on the deck, F/A-181A's had already been armed and were already beginning to launch, bolting down the catapults at tremendous speed, armed with a greater number of weapons. Two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AEWAC's aircraft were also launched, escorted by several F/A-181A's.

Task Force 32 - International Waters

Both Task Force 32A and Task Force 32B had completed their landing missions with all Laeutchian Marines and Special Forces personnel moving in-land, and withdrew from their positions, rejoining the main force of Task Force 31 in international waters. Its Guided Missile Destroyers did not open up against Furbish targets, instead they reserved their missiles for a second strike capability or to neutralize any naval threat they may face. Task Force 32B still maintained its total of 4 F/A-181B's that would be used in the event that air support could not be provided by Task Force 31 or that additional fighters were needed.

Task Force 33 - International Waters

The stealthy submarine component was alert, all of their missiles were primed and ready to fire at any sea or land target that attempted to pose a threat to the Laeutchians. They maintained their positions near Task Force 31 and were under orders not to engage until targets had been given to them, or if Laeutchian forces were attacked. Lurking under the depths of the wave with an extremely low tracking signature due to their stealthy capabilities, the submarines were the ultimate weapons at the disposal of the Laeutchians.

Laeutchian Marines - Mainland Durba-Stobe Border

The advance had been quick and swift and the Laeutchian Marines and their Special Forces personnel were ready to strike. Thanks to the availability of helicopters as well as amphibious assault vehicles which could traverse difficult landscapes, the advance in-land was met with minimal hassle and the Lautchian troops had reached their positions. The forces that landed from the south consisted of 1,400 troops with multiple AAV's and CAS from the V-44's as well as the capability to move rapidly due to the presence of CH-67's and had fanned out across the southern portion of the border. The second group that landed up north consisted of 2,200 Marines consisting of the same component of vehicles and helicopters and had fanned out across the northern portion of the border. They had made contact with the component of Regadan Marines as well as the native forces they had brought along with them, which had deployed to the central part of the border, completely securing the length of the border.

The Laeutchian Marines had also recruited a contingent of native fighters. Most of the marines came from Guana, where a significant chunk of the population was Amerindian, which enables them to communicate with natives they bumped into. Whilst advancing, the marines had made it their duty to inform the natives of the fact that their brothers to the west had been subjugated by a foreign power and that the Laeutchians as well as their allies were mostly fellow Amerindians which had come to liberate them and urged them to ignore whatever the foreigners say. At first they did not trust the Laeutchians but as they continued to speak and more marines appeared, they gained their trust, due to the mutual comnection of Amerindian peoples and their hate of colonialism. The marines were then able to deliver their weapons caches to various tribes that they discovered and gavr them brief training in insurgent tactics and urged them to head west into Durba-Stobe to spread dissent.

After this, the Laeutchian Marines began to silently advance across the border as the hail of missiles hot Durba-Stobe.

They only communicated in Amerindian in order to avoid detection.

Laeutchian Marines - Border of Durba-Stobe, 2nd Island

A secondary contingent of forces consisting of 800 marines had landed near the Furbish zone that had been expanded into another island and immediately spread out across the border. They had set up their positions and also came into contact with some tribes, recruiting some for the assault and arming others, encouraging them to spread dissent. As the missiles rained down and hit the Furbish in Durba-Stobe, the marines silently crossed the border and began advancing.

They only communicated in Amerindian in order to avoid detection.

Across the Island - North Colishi, Pacific Ocean

The Laeutchian Federation had always had a significant troop presence in North Colishi since the end of the North Colishi Conflict. On the island nation, it maintained several naval facilities, air bases and large army bases where it stationed a chunk of its Pacific Response Forces as well as the 4th Fleet of the Laeutchian Navy, which always remained on a permanent high alert status. Receiving word from Task Force 31 that the operation had begun, elements of the Pacific Response Forces and the 4th Fleet of the Laeutchian Navy underwent mobilization to deploy to Durba-Stobe to support the ongoing military operation. The ships were already fuelled fully and all weapons systems were in check due to the alert status of the Navy based on the island and within moments of receiving word from Task Force 31, they were ready to leave North Colishi. Inbound were 7 Guided Missile Destroyers, 2 Heavy Missile Cruisers and 12 Submarines of the 4th Fleet of the Laeutchian Navy, as well as 3 Amphibious Assault Ships carrying 2,200 troops each and 1 Aircraft Carrier from the Pacific Response Forces with 90 aircraft on-board. Meanwhile at various airbases in North Colishi, a total of eight C-17 Globemasters, bringing 102 paratroopers each as well as large scores of leaflets and weapons caches, escorted by F-22A Raptors and supported by refuelling aircraft had been mobilized on a short notice and loaded up with troops before leaving their air bases and flying in the direction of Durba-Stobe. B-52 bombers were also being mobilized across the island.

[Laeuwen]

Presidential Palace, San Antonio - República de San Regada

"In our modern society which is supposed to be democratic and hold the right of the individual dearly, we can not stand and watch as nations still think it is okay to promote their neocolonialist agenda and attempt to subjugate entire peoples to their rule. Laeutchia has always been sternly committed to enforcing freedom and democracy across the world, these actions have been seen in North Colishi, Darayya, Guana and various other places we have intervened to ensure that human rights, freedoms, democracy and independence are assured. As well as this, we have our partners in the Organization of Strategically Aligned Nations to ensure that freedom and democracy is enforced world wide and that oppressive, despot, communist and colonialist regimes are destroyed wherever they may be, and this is no exception. We are prepared to engage the forces of evil, wherever they may be, know that you are not safe."

[San Regada]

El Bichar Naval Base
San Regada

The 1st Regadan Fleet was preparing for action. Five Cocodrilo-class Guided Missile Destroyer's armed with 96 cruise missiles each and one Punta de lanza-class Aircraft Carrier equipped with 41 fixed wing aircraft, which had been modernized and refitted by a joint Chkalovskian-Laeutchian program and and 20 rotary wing aircraft including anti submarine warfare helicopters and AEWAC's helicopters. Escorting the armada were ten Poseidón-class Guided Missile Submarines armed with 128 cruise missiles and 40 torpedoes each. The fleet had recently concluded war games with Chkalovsk and Laeutchia off the coast of San Regada and were fully combat ready. Quickly, they left port, heading towards Durba-Stobe.

International Waters
North East of Durba-Stobe

The Ropucha-class landing ships finally landed and started moving inland towards the border, constructing a camp that they called "Ciudad Libre."

Durba-Stobe Border

Regadan Marines covertly crossed the border and began rapidly, only communicating in Amerindian and not wearing any identification patches to avoid being detected as Regadans. Some were travelling in BTR-82A's for greater speed and mobility whilst others were advancing by ground. The majority of Regadan Marines remained in uncontrolled territory, as the main forces advancing were the native Amerindian insurgents as well as a few Marines and some of the 20 'special' members of the marines.

TO ALL NATIONS INVOLVED

San Regada calls for the immediate de-escalation of the conflict at hand, preferably by all leaders travelling to Ramodistan on the 20th.

EDIT: Decreased fleet size.

[Radimostan]

Radimostan occupies the Durba-Stobe

The FLL Admiral Gurchko arrives
Finally, the pride of the Federal Navy arrived. FLL Admiral Gurchko is a medium size STOBAR aircraft carrier, she hosted forty-eight V/TOL fighters F/A-60 Outlaw and four E-50A Apollo naval AWACS. Primary orders of this ship were load 250 Hirvanian peacekeepers and transport them onto the Island. he carries was escorted by another two ships: FVP Citadela and FVP Market Garden, both are the Ranger-class. The situation on the bridge of the Admiral Gurchko was pretty standard and no one expected any complications. The old Admiral Razkatin watched the approaching island through the binoculars. Immediately he was shocked by the amount of smoke coming from the Furbish positions. "Admiral!" said one of his bridge officers while observing the ship "Two other vessels coming our way from the starboard!" The Razkatin was confused and puzzled for a moment, but then the captain console beeped. Admiral looked at his monitor, it was a message from the Buearau of the Federal Navy. "What it says, sir?" asked him a First Office Syzlak. But Razkatin did not respond, he was still reading the message. After few minutes the Admiral looked at the First Officer "We have new orders. Contact all navies and the Durba-Stobe too that we are sending the helicopter on the Island, so they will not shot us down." then Razkatin then took his radio connected to ship intercom "All hands man your battle stations!"

"Capital" of the Durba-Stobe
The NVUH-1 helicopter hovered above the ruins of the capital. Almost nothing but piles of concrete left from the first colony post. Only the main command was still somewhat "okay". Due to how shocked the Furbish military personnel was, the helicopter had no problem to land right in the center of the capital. Eighteen members of the Federal Navy Commandos swiftly got out from the helicopter, captured and disarmed the surviving guards of the main building. No one was hurted or killed. Then two members of the Radimostanian delegation gently stepped out from the NVUH-1 and walked inside the building.
Only the governor survived the bombardment. One of the Radimostanian diplomats came to him.
"The colony is now under our control."

The Durba-Stobe is now under Radimostanian control and all the Furbish soldiers were disarmed. Also, all operation regarding the expansion of the colony were stopped. Also, as the Radimostan is part of the OSAN, the Laeutchia has no right to attack their new territory. The Durba-Stobe will be under Radimostanian control until we reach the diplomatic agreement.

Radimostan propose:
We will retreat all our forces from the Island if the OSAN member states will do the same. The Island will become demilitarised zone and only purely peacekeeping and civilian forces will have right to access it.

[Sharko Federation]

North Colshi
Pacific Ocean

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At the naval base in the OSAN controlled North Colshi, the Senjakalan fleet laying in wait was immediately activated. The Senjakalese government had a hatred for colonialists taking rightful land from the natives for it was what Senjakala once was before the Liberation War.

It was definately not going to let some colonialists pillage and steal lands from their rightful owners and OSAN was giving it a perfect opportunity.

Admiral Abdul Isyak, Admiral of the fleet and commander of Task Force 'Rajah' was at the North Colshi naval base, overseeing the soldiers load equipment onto the large fleet that lay in wait. Queen-Consort Yijie, wife of the Sultan of Senjakala arrived in North Colshi several hours prior to inspect the taskforce.

She approached Admiral Abdul Isyak and General Allen Reyes who were waiting for the last equipment and soldiers to be loaded up.

"Good morning, gentlemen." said the Queen-Consort as she entered the room.

"Good morning, ma'am." replied Admiral Abdul Isyak before saluting which was followed by the General. "At ease," replied the Queen. "Ma'am, the fleet has been assembled and a task force has been put together. We have a force of thousands of marines on standby and we are ready to go." said General Tzu Tàiyáng.

"Ma'am, we have small numbers of F-35 VTOLs on the amphibious assault ships. This mission will be perfect to test the new aircraft's combat prowess and abilities." added the Admiral.

"Good. Remember, this will be one of the first times the Senjakalan government embarks on a mission on foreign soil, so there is no room failure nor error. You will be heading to the Furbish-colonised islands and will assist in liberating the natives from their colonial masters. Other OSAN forces are already on standby and you will sail to the north of the Durba-Stobe where the Laeutchian TF-31 is. Currently, once you reach you shall wait for further orders from high command, understood?" reminded the Queen. The two commanders nodded and saluted once again, followed by the Queen leaving the naval headquarters to leave to other matters.

Meanwhile in the port, soldiers loaded themselves onto the ships, while armored vehicles rolled onto the transport ships. As the sun went down, the fleet slowly but surely moved out of port, course set for the Durba-Stobe Islands.

[Laeuwen]

East of Durba-Stobe

Laeutchian Marines had covertly begun transporting a large majority armed natives as well as some groups of anti-Furbish natives out of the Laeutchian-San Regadan area of occupation via helicopter and ground transport, into the unclaimed jungle territories east of Durba-Stobe, to a place called "Ciudad Libre", a small but rapidly expanding area with buildings and facilities built by Laeutchian and San Regadan efforts, accompanied by Laeutchian Special Forces as well as other areas. Their purpose was to trained the armed natives in effective armed resistance and introduce them to weapons such as Man Portable Air Defense Systems as well as Anti Tank Guided Missiles, but to also arm the anti-Furbish natives with arms that had been brought aboard from Task Force 32 as well as by the Regadans. When they arrived, Laeutchiah Marines starte to hand them weapons and train them in how to use them in combat and in effective insurgent tactics. Laeutchian Marines had been leaving Durba-Stobe in large numbers, disappearing into the jungles and hiding their helicopters and vehicles in the thick vegetation, often building makeshift hangars and tents to hide them. The marines had emptied from the Laeutchian-San Regadan area of occupation in a quick period of time and had virtually disappeared, as there was no trace of them moving to the jungle. In the jungles that bordered Durba-Stobe, they build hidden camps to house themselves in as they awaited for orders. Others continued to covertly train the Amerindians. Several V-44X and CH-67's were flying stealthy missions all over the jungles, flying at low level and dropping leaflets written in Amerindian encouraging them to spread dissent into Durba-Stobe and also several weapons caches as well as moving west to the near-border regions near Durba-Stobe. These missions allowed them to rapidly spread the levels of dissent all across the jungle and Eastern across the island and arm the natives.

[San Regada]

East of Durba-Stobe
Unclaimed Territory, Ciudad Libre

The 340 Regadan Marines that had entered Durba-Stobe alongside their Amerindian fighters had promptly retreated back into unclaimed territory after setting up a zone of control and spreading dissent, managing to expand anti-Furbish sentiment amongst the natives and recruit more fighters. Some 3,000 Regadan Amerindian Marines from the 4,080 that had landed earlier from the 12 landing ships had wasted no time in setting up Ciudad Libre. Within hours, large tents for the storage of military equipment, sleeping and as well as medical aid were set up, several buildings were raised, although not all of them were completed, built using reinforced metal foundations and bricks, and electricity generators with large cells had been set up to provide a constant source of power, having the ability to use solar power. The camp would soon be fully operational as the first Amerindians arrived, escorted by the Laeutchians. At first the Amerindians were weary but quickly gave their trust to the Regadans as they communicated in Amerindian language, explaining to them that they had made this camp to train fighters in the art of conventional and insurgent warfare, educate them in english and spanish to expand their communicative skills and that there were many other positions like this that had been set up or that were being set up in the jungles. They explained how the Furbish were attempting to colonize them and explained the long history of Amerindians being subjugated to foreign powers, and used the history of Regada as a colony to stir up anti-Colonial hate in the natives, as they learned about how the Amerindian people in Latin America had been oppressed for centuries. The Regadans got straight down to business, training the Amerindians how to use AK-47's, SV-98 Sniper Rifles, PKM Machine Guns, Igla-S MANPAD's, RPG-7's, Kornet-M's and FGM-148 Javelins and showed them how to conduct ambush attacks, use suppressing fire and ways to break morale in the enemy as well as using their environment for offensive and defensive advantages. All across the jungle, this training process was being conducted in other camps by the Laeutchians and Regadans.

[Radimostan]

The End of Crisis

Capital of the Durba-Stobe
The Admiral Razkatin officially passes the power over the Durba-Stobe to a provisional government. The government is compromised by all the chieftains and the former Furbish Governor of the Durba-Stobe and it will be governing the new nation before the first general election of 31. 5. 2017. As it was promised by the President, Radimostan will immediately proceed the evacuation of all military assets and personnel. When the evacuation is finished the High Seas Operation will retreat to international waters. Only one-hundred and fifty Hirvanian peacekeepers will remain on the island as a provisional police, medical and rescue force. The Federative Republic appeal to Laetuchia and San Regada to do the same and to disarm the natives in order to create a regular native military and police units.

Also, the Radimostan sends the delegation of civilian and military observers:
Dr. Sergey Urbanek (Civil Obserever)
Colonel Alfred Makrov (Military Observer)

[Sharko Federation]

Off the Coast of Durba-Stobe
Near International Waters

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The fleet of the Senjakalan Royal Navy was anchored off the coasts of Durba-Stobe. The fleet lay in wait while soldiers lined the decks and watched the islands from afar. A number of SH-60 Seahawks were being loaded by elite commandos full of weapons, training manuals, ammunition and everything needed to effectively train a rebellion.

The purpose of all this was to help fellow OSAN forces train the Amerindian rebels and freedom fighters against their enemies, the Furbish.

Admiral Abdul Isyak was onboard the RSN Ayyudthaya and oversaw the helicopters being loaded with supply caches and a variety of other equipment. Lieutenant Pra Sangsorn was leading his small contingent of forces to drop supplies and train Amerindian rebels.

Admiral Abdul Isyak came down from the bridge to observe and inspect the marines and their equipment. "What are those?" Asked the Admiral, pointing to a number of crates filled with artillery shells.

"They're 'Specialized' Mortar Shells for the rebels. Anyone who gets hit by this is sure to die a painful death." Remarked Lieutenant Sangsorn, chuckling. The Admiral nodded in delight as he observed the force of marines.

Around 200 marines would be leaving for the mission, with the rest of the space on the helicopter filled with arms, explosives and other weaponry. The Admiral watched as the last of the men boarded the aircraft while the remaining equipment was loaded aboard. Pamphlets and propaganda posters were brought aboard too,
and would be dropped on the jungles to inspire the Amerindians to dissent and join the rebellion.

Lieutenant Sangsorn boarded one of the SH-60 Seahawks and waved to Admiral Abdul Isyak as the seahawks took off. From different ships, helicopters flew towards Durba-Stobe. Sangsorn and his men watched as the helicopters flew just above the treeline, dropping leaflets and propaganda posters over settlements.

The helicopters hovered around the treeline and continued with their mission. After their propaganda mission was over, the helicopters flew in formation once again towards a location deep in the jungles. Ciudad Libre.

The helicopters descended onto the camp while marines jumped out and unloaded weaponry for the rebels. Sangsorn ordered his troops to immediately begin distributing weapons, ammunition and training manuals while trainers began instructing and training some rebels nearly immediately. After most marines were unloaded, some helicopters flew off again to pick up more men and supplies from the ship while others dropped supply caches to other rebel encampments in order to arm the dissenting natives with modern and effective equipment.

[Laeuwen]

East of Durba-Stobe

Laeutchian Marines, which had retreated to within a close vicinity of the border, got in their vehicles and helicopters and crossed into Durba-Stobe once again. This time, there would be no retreat, and the advance would be much quicker due to the fact that they would be advancing into the areas where they previously occupied, where there were a heavy amount of pro-OSAN natives waiting to greet them - furthermore there was no significant armed force that could get in their way and pose any real capability of slowing down or preventing the Laeutchian advance. V-44X and CH-67 Helicopters took off from their makeshift camps transporting the first waves of troops across the border, where they would be dropped at strategic locations along the route of advancement in order to secure these areas, instruct natives in what to do before moving on to the next, as this would speed up the advance of the forces on the ground. They were also bringing armed natives with them and had armed them with mortars, some of them had the deadly white prosperous round, and the frontline force once again were Amerindian Laeutchians, so that they could communicate with the natives easier - a lot of the natives already knew this day was coming because anti-Furbish dissent had spread into Durba-Stobe like a wildfire thanks to the operations of San Regada and Laeutchia. A total of 3,600 Marines and Special Fores had rapidly swarmed over the border, using their surroundings to their advantage and had began to push deep into Durba-Stobe.

Laeutchian Combined Joint Naval Task Force - International Waters

Task Force 31 had finished replenishing its missiles from a long time and had them primed and ready to fire. The missiles had the capability of striking either land or sea targets, giving the Laeutchians a massive advantage due to the flexibility of their missiles. The missiles had already proven deadly in decimating ground targets, as 536 of them were used against the positions of the Furbish Army. The Destroyers from Task Force 32 and the Submarines of Task Force 33 had come together with Task Force 31 to create the Laeutchian Combined Joint Naval Task Force - and to make this new armada even deadly, Task Force 34 had now arrived after their short trip to the area, as they had been deployed from OSAN's South Pacific hub in North Colishi, bringing with them 7 Guided Missile Destroyers, 2 Heavy Missile Cruisers and 12 Submarines of the 4th Fleet of the Laeutchian Navy, as well as 3 Amphibious Assault Ships carrying 2,200 troops each and 1 Aircraft Carrier from the Pacific Response Forces with 90 aircraft on-board. Now, the Laeutchian Combined Joint Naval Task Force had over 5,000 Cruise Missiles at its disposal and intended to use them wisely. The ships started to spread out, with the majority of what formerly made up Task Force 31 and Task Force 34 moving East, elements of Task Force 31 and Task Force 32 moving West and elements of Task Force 33 and Task Force 34 moving further East where they could go South and completely blockade the coastline of Durba-Stobe.

[San Regada]

Edge of International Waters
Durba-Stobe

Five Cocodrilo-class Guided Missile Destroyer's armed with 96 cruise missiles each and one Punta de lanza-class Aircraft Carrier equipped with 41 fixed wing aircraft, which had been modernized and refitted by a joint Chkalovskian-Laeutchian program and and 20 rotary wing aircraft including anti submarine warfare helicopters and AEWAC's helicopters and ten Poseidón-class Guided Missile Submarines armed with 128 cruise missiles and 40 torpedoes each had arrived just in time to begin manoeuvres, as the entire shit-storm kicked off. They moved in closer towards Durba-Stobe but positioned themselves South West, North West of the Strait of Durba-Stobe to act as a determent in case of any attack.

Durba-Stobe

The 4,080 Regadan Marines surged over the border, entering Durba-Stobe. They would be entering the territories they originally occupied during the first confrontation which would allow them to get inland and advance much faster compared to if they were advancing into new areas. They were supported by the massive Laeutchian advance as well as the new EIPA invasion of Durba-Stobe.

[Radimostan]

The High Seas Operation Group
The Radimostanian naval, ground and air forces are retreating from the area as the Federative Republic has no more interests on the island. They are taking the disarmed Furbish soldiers onboard as well, to spare them from incoming wrath. We still believe in a peaceful solution. Unfortunately, we have no means how to execute as the Radimostan left both the DEUN and the OSAN. Although, we ask the OSAN as the current controlling force of the area to send the military and civilian observers on the island. We also politely ask Laetuchia and the San Regada to respect the agreement they signed.