Missiles fly, and so do lies (OOC; Closed; OP WIP)

[The Selkie]

...I am afraid, that we'll have to revisit that one. I know, that they can work in maritime patrol at least, most likely also airborne ground surveillance as well as basic AWACS service, but what they can detect and can't detect is a good question.

I would imagine sensors and payload on an aircraft that weighs a little more than a general aviation aircraft would be very limited compared to a full-sized radar on an AEWC plane. In numbers they might have a more notable effect?

I have no clue as of now. I know, though, that the M-108 AWACS will only feature sensors, not weapons. That's what the cruiser and other drones are for. ; )

[Legatia]

I would imagine sensors and payload on an aircraft that weighs a little more than a general aviation aircraft would be very limited compared to a full-sized radar on an AEWC plane. In numbers they might have a more notable effect?

I have no clue as of now. I know, though, that the M-108 AWACS will only feature sensors, not weapons. That's what the cruiser and other drones are for. ; )

Sounds fair. AWACS aircraft are generally not armed either ways.

[New Visayan Islands]

I have no clue as of now. I know, though, that the M-108 AWACS will only feature sensors, not weapons. That's what the cruiser and other drones are for. ; )

Sounds fair. AWACS aircraft are generally not armed either ways.

Unless it’s the A-50 "Mainstay," which to my memory may or may not retain the twin 23mm aft turret.

That being said, I could offer basing rights off the Leyte-based (in-universe being a given) installations.

[Legatia]

Sounds fair. AWACS aircraft are generally not armed either ways.

Unless it’s the A-50 "Mainstay," which to my memory may or may not retain the twin 23mm aft turret.

That being said, I could offer basing rights off the Leyte-based (in-universe being a given) installations.

You are correct on the Mainstay part, alas I operate Wedgetails and E-2s, neither of which carry anything weaponized.

If you are willing to do that, it'd also make sense to ask if we could base a squadron (12) of Super Hornets, primarily for fleet air defense but likely also going to be made available for strike missions as-needed.. Was trying to avoid the overkill of bringing an additional Carrier Task Group to play. I think that and an additional warship will be plenty to protect the fleet for now at least.

[Bagong Luzon]

Glimpse from the front:

[CORRUPTED] Ongpauco, [CORRUPTED]
[CORRUPTED] San Jose, MR
January 3, AD 2023
[CORRUPTED]

[CORRUPTED] Ongpauco had been behind bars for four days. The last thing he remembered before coming to was a fierce firefight in the streets of [CORRUPTED], where he was separated from his squad by Visayan fire. He didn’t expect the Mindoreños—they had to be Mindoreños, judging from the division patches of the men who even now kept watch over him and other POWs—to put up such a fierce resistance; in fact, he expected a hero’s welcome into what the higher-ups have called a Restored Mindoro, full of Lost Tagalogs welcoming His Majesty’s Embrace with open arms of their own.
The fighting in Calapan disabused him of that notion in short order; [CORRUPTED]

[Legatia]

Poke, any update on IC release?

[New Visayan Islands]

Snippet update:

[CORRUPTED] Liao, [CORRUPTED]
[CORRUPTED] Allen, SM
January 20th, AD 2023
[CORRUPTED]

The takeover of Allen, Samar did not come easily. [CORRUPTED] Liao knew this firsthand; as one of several [CORRUPTED] tasked with staying behind to keep eyes and ears on the situation, it rankled him to see New Filipino boots on the ground. But it was a necessary act; as a banker, he had all the cover he needed to be beneath the notice of the Royal Philippine Constabulary and its men. It didn’t hurt that his branch of BoVI had been taken over with little in the way of personnel rearrangements; from what he understood, His Philippine Majesty’s Civil Service did not want to waste otherwise functional infrastructure.
It made his time somewhat...inconvenient...as every day, he would be visited by someone from that body of His Philippine Majesty’s Crown Government. The functionary, [CORRUPTED], was an overall well-meaning man who just happened to be on the wrong side of the War, and it was a shame, too. Especially since [CORRUPTED]

[Bangsamoro Rojo]

Come to think of it, I'm starting to realize this would be like a collaborative version of a Maintenance thread...

Anyway, snippet update:

[CORRUPTED] Valencia, [CORRUPTED]
[CORRUPTED] Allen, SM
February 7, 2023
[CORRUPTED]

There was no mincing things; Valencia was seeing the New Filipino forces in action as they moved to secure their influence over that Capitalist town. A shame the Reactionaries held these Visayans under heel, but that’s what happens, he thought as he saw [CORRUPTED] making their way through the streets.
[CORRUPTED] was no stranger to such things; he lived in Allen for the better part of [CORRUPTED] and was publicly known as a small business owner, running a clothing store with an eclectic selection of shirts, pants, and the like. He made some fast friends in the process; most of his stock was imported from Cambodia and Bangladesh, and his importer gave him and several favored store owners first pick of every batch that came in. It also helped that [CORRUPTED] was an old friend of his parents, going way back to [CORRUPTED]

[New Visayan Islands]

Philippine Command
Commander, PhilCom: GEN Franklin O. Durano, VCA

Regular Army

• 2nd Armored Division - MG Antonio Miguel A. Goto IV
• 4th Infantry Division - MG Maxim Alexandrovich G. Sakamoto
• 2nd Mountain Division - MG Ulysses Samson A. Fuego
• TBA
  Territorial Army
• 1st Mindoro Infantry Division - MG Christopher Oliver C. Kwan
• 1st Humabon Infantry Division - MG Hilario U. Escalante III
• 2nd Bohol Infantry Division - MG Mae Angeline S. Alesna
• TBA

VCN assets

• Task Force Lincoln, JTF Unforgiven - RDML Diomedes I. Menchavez
• Iloilo City ESG - RDML Theodore A. Teng
• TBA

VCAF assets

• 2nd Fighter Wing - Col Michael Pius I. Cao
• 3rd Bomber Wing - Col Louise A. Suarez-Sampere
• Air Force Special Operations Wing "Alpha" - Col Bonifacio O. Ishida
• TBA

VCMC assets

• 23rd MEU - Col Ulysses S. Andres
• TBA

VCCG assets

• Coastal Patrol Detachment Marinduque-Gasan - TBA
  • TBA
• TBA Coastal Patrol Detachment

VIA assets
While Visayan Intelligence Agency assets will not be disclosed in detail, they are otherwise listed for recordkeeping.

• Classified units of the VIA Special Activities Center - Records sealed for 140 years.
  Provincial Militias
  Provincial Militias cannot be federalized, but are placed here otherwise for recordkeeping.
• Mindoro Provincial Guard
• Romblon Provincial Forces
• Samar Guards
• Marinduque Military Reserve
• TBA
  Law Enforcement Agencies
  Law Enforcement Agencies are placed here for recordkeeping.
• Mindoro
  • Mindoro Bureau of Investigation - Deputy Director Alvaro P. Enriquez
  • Puerto Galera Police Force
  • TBA
• Romblon
  • Romblon Security Office
  • TBA
• Samar
  • TBA
• Marinduque
  • TBA
• TBA

Strategic and Economic Alliance assistance

• Meridon Defense Forces assets
• Strategic Defense Force assets
• Mervay Royal Expeditionary Force assets

[Bangsamoro Rojo]

Bangsamoro Ministry of State Security
Minister of State Security: Ramon J. Francisco
Subminister for Security Operations: Domingo J. Talaboc

• Reaver Cell
• Sharkbait Cell
• Serpent Cell
• Shorewatch Cell

• Riptide Cell
• Sellsword Cell
• Shotclock Cell
• Shopwatch Cell

Per Comrade Minister's request, I have listed the cells we know are still active and fully operational; the activity undertaken by the Reactionaries has triggered fail-safes in the cells that have yet to confirm their status. Until we have confirmation of status, there is reason to believe that the other cells have either been compromised or otherwise forced to go to ground.

Bangsamoro Ministry of Defense
Minister of Defense: Marshal Evan O. Dominguez, BLA
Chief of the General Staff, Bangsamoro Liberation Army: Senior General Klaus S. Kilat, BLA
Commissar-General of the Bangsamoro Liberation Army: General Nicolas Karim V. Dionson, BLA

BLAGF assets
• 1st Vanguard Infantry Division - Major General Marvin G. Bravo, BLAGF
• 1st Vanguard Armored Division - Major General Rashid O. Rahman, BLAGF
• 3rd People's Infantry Division - Major General Christine O. Elias, BLAGF
• 4th People's Infantry Division - Major General Lionel I. Perez, BLAGF
• TBA

BLAN assets
• Task Force Red Star - Senior Captain 1st Rank Winston I. Nursultan, BLAN
  • ARPB Red Star - Luyang III-class DDG - Captain 1st Rank Vicente I. Abdulaziz, BLAN
  • ARPB Digos - Luyang II-class DDG - Captain 2nd Rank Oscar M. Isnari, BLAN
  • TBA
  BLAMC assets
• 1st Vanguard Marine Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel Richard A. Mandin, BLAMC
• TBA

BLAAF assets
• 2nd Vanguard Strike Wing - Colonel Ramil A. Mohammad, BLAAF
• TBA

Per Comrade Minister's request, I have listed the units we have available in the unlikely, yet not impossible, event that the Reactionaries prevail over the Capitalists. The Commissar-General's foresight is highly warranted in the months to come.

In the meantime, our Weltkrian comrades have sent a force to participate in Exercise POPULAR REVOLT 23, the annual exercise that has been moved up from its regular schedule every June to February owing to the activity undertaken by the Reactionaries.

[Bagong Luzon]

His Philippine Majesty’s Armed Forces
Chief of Staff, HMAF: GEN Edmund Q. Libunao, HMAF
Commander, Joint Task Force YAKAP: LTGEN Paul A. Paredes, HMAF

Regular Army

• 1st Infantry Division - MGEN Phillip O. Galvez, HMAF
• 1st Armored Division - MGEN Lionel E. Ross, HMAF
• 2nd Infantry Division - MGEN Kent Michael J. Sandoval, HMAF
• Royal Philippine Legion - COL Robert O. Escaño, RPA
  Noble Guard
• TBA

RPN assets

• CSG The First King - CDRE Lyman N. Johnson, HMAF
  • HPMS The First King (CV-1) - Vikramaditya-class CV - CAPT Angelina B. Cunanan, RPN
  • HPMS Valor - Akula-class SSN - CDR Samuel O. Bagatsing, RPN
  • HPMS Dominion - Akula-class SSN - CDR Armando Raul I. Aclan, RPN
  • HPMS Lakandula (DDGC-1) - Kidd-class DDG - CDR Horace Andrei I. Lopez, RPN
  • TBA
• 2nd Landing Flotilla - CDR Vinson C. America, RPN
  • HPMS Hammerhead Shark - Frosch I-class LSM - LCDR Emman J. Kim, RPN
  • HPMS Tuba - Magar-class LST - LTSG Irene J. Asuncion, RPN
  • HPMS Sasmuan - Magar-class LST - LTSG Eric S. Talavera, RPN
  • HPMS San Luis de Aurora - Magar-class LST - LTSG Horatio R. Enriquez, RPN
  • HPMS Lubuangan - Magar-class LST - LTSG Joan F. Carlos, RPN
  • HPMS Balbalan - Magar-class LST - LTSG Julius O. Biolena, RPN
• TBA
  RPN(M) assets
• 6th Marine Battalion - LTC Tomoko Ana R. Aizawa, RPN(M)
• TBA

RPAF assets

• 1st Fighter Wing - COL Gregory A. Yabut, RPAF
• 1st Bomber Wing - COL Harvey Edward L. Pangan, RPAF
• TBA

RPCG assets

• Coastal Patrol Detachment MANTICORE
• 42nd Coastal Defense Battalion - CDR Ryan Paul R. Arenas, RPCG
• 53rd Coastal Defense Battalion - CDR Kyle S. Kalaw, RPCG
• TBA

RPC assets

• IAD South - COL Anthony George A. Sabandal, RPC
  • Headquarters, IAD South - LTC Yuuma Fernando G. Miura, RPC
  • 7th Independent Action Battalion - LTC Harold P. Vicencio, RPC
  • 8th Independent Action Battalion - LTC Henry C. Camtugan, RPC
  • 9th Independent Action Battalion - LTC Karen I. Abustan, RPC
  • 3rd HMIP Independent Action Battalion - MAJ Maria Mercedes E. Andrews, HMIP
  • Logistics Battalion, IAD South - LTC Antonio P. Corona, RPC

Royal Guard assets

• Joint Service of His Majesty’s Royal Guard - MGEN Theodore F. Serra, HMAF
  • Royal Guard Headquarters Brigade (RPA/RPC/RPAF) - COL Eric Pius I. Castañeda, RPA
  • 1st Armored Brigade of the Royal Guard (RPA) - COL Richard O. Dalisay, RPA
  • 1st Infantry Brigade of the Royal Guard (RPA) - COL Valentino A. Navaja, RPA
  • 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Royal Guard (RPA/RPN[M]) - COL Michael O. Wijangco, RPN(M)
  • 1st Aviation Wing of the Royal Guard (RPAF) - COL Austin Perry A. Santos, RPAF
  • 1st Artillery Brigade of the Royal Guard (RPA/RPCG) - COL Nicholas Gregory C. Peralta, RPA
  • Royal Guard Logistics Brigade (RPA/RPN) - CAPT Ryan I. Blanca, RPN
  RISA assets
• Royal Intelligence and Security Agency
  • Classified number of RISA Office of Direct Action officers - Records sealed at His Majesty’s Pleasure.
  • Classified number of RISA Field Analysis Officers - Records sealed at His Majesty’s Pleasure.
  Other assets
• Firefly Group - Don Marcus Eugene R. Calleja
  • Bullfrog Platoon - Jeffrey J. King
  • Demonbane Platoon - Carl O. Sikandar

[Legatia]

Updated my ORBAT to include the addition of 2 Carrier Task Group; and the addition of an LPD to 1 ARG in keeping with lore/doctrinal updates on my end as part of the initial force contribution. Afforementioned AWACS and land-based Hornets will not be initial force contributions but may be surged later given viability on the ground.

[Bagong Luzon]

A shame my REDFOR doesn’t have foreign support...tempting to expand the Codex-verse to compensate.

[The Selkie]

A shame my REDFOR doesn’t have foreign support...tempting to expand the Codex-verse to compensate.

...define "foreign support" and what exactly you would like to see under that label, please.

[New Visayan Islands]

A shame my REDFOR doesn’t have foreign support...tempting to expand the Codex-verse to compensate.

...define "foreign support" and what exactly you would like to see under that label, please.

Hypothetically, something roughly comparable to what the SEA is providing to the NVI. While revanchism is generally not seen as a legitimate casus belli in-universe, successful annexations tend to be treated as a fait accompli, never mind the efforts taken to reverse them.

[Polish Prussian Commonwealth]

just pinging this to keep track of it

[Seleucid Pergamon]

Hi, NVI. I'm thinking of participating in this RP. I'll come up with an ORBAT later.. We'll see what I'll contribute to this conflict.

[The Selkie]

...define "foreign support" and what exactly you would like to see under that label, please.

Hypothetically, something roughly comparable to what the SEA is providing to the NVI. While revanchism is generally not seen as a legitimate casus belli in-universe, successful annexations tend to be treated as a fait accompli, never mind the efforts taken to reverse them.

Well, what I had in mind spontanously was not exactly comparable, for instance, you won't see any aircraft carriers or CGs, or even smaller troop deployments, but do any of you remember Ahua? From when I tried my hand at a Not!WW2-RP? What if there is a nationalistic, irredentist party is in charge again and they decide to support New Luzon with war material through various shady channels?
Either that or the LCN, the Lutetiian Mafia, assists New Luzon in finding mercenaries.
Or both, depending on what you want, NVI.

[Bagong Luzon]

Hypothetically, something roughly comparable to what the SEA is providing to the NVI. While revanchism is generally not seen as a legitimate casus belli in-universe, successful annexations tend to be treated as a fait accompli, never mind the efforts taken to reverse them.

...do any of you remember Ahua?

If Ahua can play in the 21st Century AD, I can find a way to make it work.

LCN, lest memory fails me, had an in with the Visayan underground in 2020, so I can think up an underground supply line for “Independent Partisan Ops” (read: Visayan [and to a lesser extent, Bangsamoro] spy rings leaving a Big Bang somewhere to mask their cleaning house) close enough to the front.

[Weltkria]

Hmm.

I'll probably send a couple destroyers and a LHD to help ensure our fellow revolutionaries (Bangsamoro) are not attacked. Will probably send a couple of SIGINT aircraft over as well, along with a couple of SOF teams and equipment to support them and their allies.

May I ask what their objectives are here?

[The Selkie]

...do any of you remember Ahua?

If Ahua can play in the 21st Century AD, I can find a way to make it work.
[...]

Ahua can in 21st century - I'll just have to write it as such. ; )
(I plan to bring some Auwaltian Royalty for the Aurelia's Big Fat Kyrenaian Wedding anyway, so that is not a great issue.)

[...]
LCN, lest memory fails me, had an in with the Visayan underground in 2020, so I can think up an underground supply line for “Independent Partisan Ops” (read: Visayan [and to a lesser extent, Bangsamoro] spy rings leaving a Big Bang somewhere to mask their cleaning house) close enough to the front.

That, too, can be arranged. It should be clear, however, that this doesn't come for free...

[Bangsamoro Rojo]

Hmm.

I'll probably send a couple destroyers and a LHD to help ensure our fellow revolutionaries (Bangsamoro) are not attacked. Will probably send a couple of SIGINT aircraft over as well, along with a couple of SOF teams and equipment to support them and their allies.

May I ask what their objectives are here?

In the case of the Bangsamoro People’s Republic, the primary objective is all cloak-and-dagger: ensuring that its MSS assets are as safe as possible even in the middle of the war between Capitalist and Reactionary.

[Weltkria]

Alright then, initial ORBAT. Would it be possible to arrange a port call and base some ships out of Surigao?
Going to place a CTF on standby if this spirals out of control and allies are attacked; it'll take a couple days to muster and surge if that occurs.

Task Force 22.1 "Proletarians"

Command Structure

Combatant Command: Weltkrian Pacific Command Naval

Task Force Commander: RDML Klemmer Hahn
Task Force Executive Commander: CAPT Jules Irwin

Captain, LHD-02: CAPT Jules Irwin
- Embarked, 3rd Pioneer Expeditionary Unit, COL Max Fox
- Embarked, 1 NFW, CMDR Kalgan West

Captain, DDG-48: CAPT Johannes Ilvoch
Captain, DDG-43: CAPT Gabriel Losch
Captain, DDG-40: CAPT Michel Kirren
Captain, DDG-36: CAPT Riskia Vemden
Captain, SSGN-08: CAPT Julius Vern

Ships:
LHD-02: Torch, Torch Class LHD
DDG-48: Divinia, Revolution Class DDG
DDG-43: Whirlwind, Revolution Class DDG
DDG-40: Maix, Revolution Class DDG
DDG-36: Revolution, Revolution Class DDG

Aircraft:
6x GH-22N Naval Patrol Helicopters [ASW]
4x RV-22L Attack Helicopters
8x GH-22NT Transport Helicopters
12x LM-03 VTOL Jets [5th Gen]

Electronic Warfare Squadron
Aircraft:
3x Sarrissa SIGINT Aircraft

Fighter Squadron
Aircraft:
2x AERL-02 AEW Aircraft
24x RSF-12 Banner
4x EMF-34 Falconer

Red Squadron
Aircraft:
8x GH-22S Stealth Helicopters
Special Operations Detachment Pacific
Men:
48x SOF Operators

Airlift Command South
Aircraft:
4x RMR-207

[New Visayan Islands]

Updated OP with contents.

[CORRUPTED] Cunanan, [CORRUPTED]
[CORRUPTED], Puerto Galera, MR
February 28th, AD 2023
[CORRUPTED]

It rankled her to see the boots of the Old Country—her parents' words for the nation they fled long before they met—tread Visayan soil, preaching unity to those who were not fortunate enough to escape with the fighting retreat of the Army—a fighting retreat that, to be fair, made the NewFils bleed for every inch—and dispensing liberally the price of rejecting that unity. The occupation of the city saw not only the iron hand of the invaders, but also what she saw was a charm offensive aimed at pacifying the Mindorites who weren’t lucky enough to escape; she saw the propaganda for what it really was, and that it was looped by what she knew to be the firefighting unit of New Luzon's Integrated Police wherever she went.
It wasn't that she was among the unfortunate; [CORRUPTED]

[Mervay]

Well, just in case I might as well add my own ORBAT for the RP as reference. I will try to send another orbat for the opposing force which may support New Luzon if you don't mind?

Mervay Royal Expeditionary Force for Philippine Islands
MREFPI

Task Force H


• MRNS Sigil Glorium Class Command Ship
• MRNS Admiral Laffitte Admiral Andersen Class Aircraft Carrier
• MRNS Larciel Hataway Class Missile Destroyer
• MRNS Trevi Hataway Class Missile Destroyer
• MRNS Marciel Hataway Class Missile Destroyer
• MRNS Zac Hataway Class Missile Destroyer
• MRNS Sofia Solstizio Class Missile Destroyer
• MRNS Lillia Solstizio Class Missile Destroyer
• MRNS Ae Asteria Class Cruiser
• MRNS Directus Asteria Class Cruiser
• MRNS Port De Devienne Asteria Class Cruiser
• MRNS Silvat Asteria Class Cruiser
• MRNS Le Motte-Picquet Le Fleur Class Heavy Cruiser
• MRNS Le Grandière Le Fleur Class Heavy Cruiser
• MRNS Jubilee Hagen Directus Class Frigate
• MRNS Merlin Hagen Directus Class Frigate
• MRNS Martin Hagen Directus Class Frigate
• MRNS Ian Hagen Directus Class Frigate
• MRNS Volta Hagen Directus Class Frigate
• MRNS Arquette Sofia Tristan Class Helicopter Frigate
• MRNS Ardea Sofia Tristan Class Helicopter Frigate
• MRNS Aquila Sofia Tristan Class Helicopter Frigate
• MRNS Athena Helicopter Carrier Class Zeus
• MRNS S-11 S-01 Class Attack Submarine
• MRNS S-12 S-01 Class Attack Submarine
• MRNS Rosaria Solaria Class Nuclear Attack Submarine
  
  Command Operations Naval Group 5
• MRNS Eris Imperator Class Command Ship
• MRNS Enyo Ragnarok Class Arsenal Ship
• MRNS Lost Heaven New Heaven Class Amphibious Assult Ship
• MRNS Ardens Ardens Class Transport Dock
  
  Humanitarian Support Force
• MRNS Hope Hope Class Hospital Ship
• MRNS Warmth Mercy Class Hospital Ship
• MRNS Phi St. Jimmy Class Library Ship
• MRNS Themis St. Jimmy Class Library Ship
• Civilian Contracted Freighters and Tankers to provide the necessary supplies to the civilian population.
  
  Naval Aviation
• 892nd Naval Strike Fighter Squadron (Operating 12 CFA-44 Fandance)
• 809nd Naval Strike Fighter Squadron (Operating 12 CFA-44 Fandance)
• 124th Naval Strike Fighter Squadron (Operating 12 CFA-44 Fandance)
• 129th Naval Strike Fighter Squadron (Operating 12 CFA-44 Fandance)
• 787th Naval Electronic Attack Fighter Squadron (Operating 12 EA-18G)
• 14th Naval Airborne and Control Squadron (Operation 4 E-2D)
• 543rd Naval Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (Operating 4 C-2C)
• 337th Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopter Squadron (Operating S-60)
• 199th Anti-Submarine Warfare Helicopter Squadron (Operating S-60)
• 886th Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (Operating S-60)
• 22th Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (Operating S-60)
• 44th Heavy Helicopter Logistics Support Squadron (Operating CH-53K)
• 33rd Mine Suppression and Countermeassures Squadron (Operating CH-53K)
• 994th Heavy Helicopter Squadron (Operating CH-53K)
• 444th Attack Helicopter Squadron (Operating Hunter N and UH-1Y)
• 86th Specialized Warfare Operations Squadron (Operating NH90, S-60, UH-1Y, CH-53K)
• 603rd Naval Multirole Squadron (Operating 12 F-35B)

Ground Forces to be confirmed

• 4th Marine Specialized Team (Siren Team 4-Classified Operation)