Great Terran War

[Zanz]

OOC/planning thread:
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Hey all,

We'll try with one thread at first. Please post all relevant RP here and feel free to post it elsewhere, as well. Basically, if it has to do with PWW, post here. If you want to post in A Battle Unseen or your national papers as well, feel free, but we should try to centralize our RPs.

[Liu Che/Zhuli]

Indrala at War

Just moments ago, the Court Conference gave their unanimous support to the Central Government's declaration of war on Kalistan in response to their heinous and unprovoked attacks on Indrala in international waters. The Black Tortoise Fleet has been given the order to commence a blockade and naval bombardment of Ananto and the Kalistani mainland. All vessels of trade or military nature will be sunk.

HIMS Xuan Gui, Indrala's single aircraft carrier, will play a pivotal role in serving as the command base for the Kalistani theatre, in addition to using its planes to secure Kalistani airspace over Ananto to ensure the safety of the impending invasion force. Around 50 thousand troops are being shipped from Indrala to Kalistan and should arrive toward the end of the week. Already, the Black Tortoise Fleet has begun their bombardment of the Kalistani coastline, attempting to avoid civilian areas.

Civilian officials in Indrala have already put into place a war economy structure, directing nearly all business efforts to support the war. Additionally, the Office of the Grand Mentor has drawn up an extensive propaganda campaign aimed at the Kalistanis to be broadcast nationally and internationally, depicting the average Kalistani as a drugged up pirate with an insatiable thirst for murdering innocents. The Ministry of State has also commanded Indralan ambassadors abroad to spread the facts surrounding the Indralan-Kalistani incident, specifically noting how Indrala was acting within its legal capacities as a nation, pursued diplomacy first, and declared war in response to illegal Kalistani actions.

Terra must know the facts about this war. Indrala is the righteous defender here. Innocent men were killed in international waters! The civilized nations of Terra must not allow total anarchy. We must band together and promote international law and stability. Kalistani and her allies have made a grave mistake. They are now at war with the Zoo Alliance and we will not stop until Kalistani piracy, privateering, and terrorism has ended.

, said the Chief Counselor in a public address to Indrala.

Indrala intends to do little about the Deltarian "threat" in Majatra. It will continue to defend its trade to Vanuku and rely on them to secure the continent they practically own. Furthermore, the Indralan ambassador to the International Monarchist League has called a meeting to decide on expelling the Deltarian Czar from the organization for declaring war on another monarchy.

Today marks the beginning of many sad days in Terra.

[Polites]

Cildania at War
Cildanian-Trigunian naval skirmish starts war



A minor naval engagement took place in the strait between Selucia and Cildania, involving two ships, the Cildanian frigate Patriarch Adonibaal II and a Trigunian TKVM-Radin Destroyer. According to reports, the Cildanian frigate opened fire, no doubt taking advantage of its higher caliber gun, but the skirmish ended in a Trigunian victory and the sinking of the Cildanian ship.

According to a Cildanian bill expressing support for the slave rebellion in Deltaria, the Cildanian Senate authorized the Cildanian Navy to interdict any Deltarian ally attempting to enter the Majatran Sea. Acting in accordance to that bill, the Cildanian ship felt authorized to open fire on the Trigunian vessel. As of this morning, Cildania and Trigunia are effectively at war, although the Senate has yet to ratify a formal declaration of war.

[Autokrator15]

The Confederation of New Endralon, Kizenia and Kuzaki offers Indrala assistence

((OOC: http://classic.particracy.net/viewtreat ... atyid=2641 ))

The Confederation of New Endralon, Kizenia and Kuzaki comdemn Kalistan and offers the mighty Celestial Empire of Indrala support by any means they desire as agreed to by the Indralan-Confederal Treaty of Economic, Cultural & Military Cooperation. The Confederation will send supplies guarded by the heavely outdated and elderly aircraftcarrier C.S.S. Grey Pelican. Though the confederation will also offer the use of its harbours in Tiania ((OOC: southern province)) and offer any shore relief for soldiers of the Confederal ally. The Confederation does stress it will not declare war or engage in any battle unless provoked by Kalistan ((OOC: This is to keep my actions within boundries of the RP outline and I cant handle a two front war if I declare war on Trigunia )).

It is largley suspected that this move was made to please the Kuzaki Republic. The Kuzaki's are decendents of the Gao-showa and heavely take a pro-Indrala standpoint on foreign affairs, serveral Kuzaki politicians have stressed that the Confederation should declare war on Kalistan in support of Indrala. Up until now the other Republics in the Confederation as wel as its legislature have rejected this proposal saying that it wont join the war unless asked by Indrala or being attacked by Kalistan.

[Doc]

reprinted from
Republican Dispatches: News from the Front
Kalistani Naval Units Destroy Indralan Super Container Vessel
Cause 35 million LODs worth of damage to Indralan Commerce
Anantanese Ocean, West of Ananto
March 8, 3988


The ISCL Sifu, two hours before sinking to the bottom of the Ocean

Kalistani units score their first major success against Indralan shipping, destroying the Indralan Super Container ship, the ISCL Sifu. This mega ship, which normally transports 17500 Containers, was enroute to New Endralon when Kalistani shock forces aboard the 32nd LAFA pack, boarded the ship, took the crew hostage, loaded the ship full of high explosives and detonated the ship. The explosion created a fireball which was seen for 15 miles and breeched the hull in the center of the ship. The ship sunk the following evening, and all containers, a cargo worth 35 million LODs, went down with the ship into the Anantanese Ocean.

Kalistan lost 1 member, a Chief Petty Officer Horace Delbert, of the strike force who was shot to death by a member of the Freight crew, and who was then incapacitated. There were no Indralan casualties- The Kalistanis put the Indralans aboard a life boat and towed them to within sight of the Indralan Navy before releasing them, in accord with Kalistani Law.

Kalistan immediately claimed responsibility for the destruction, and vowed to continue to target Indralan shipping traveling through Kalistani Waters.

[Maxington]

Trigunia At War
Trigunia putting declaration of war through Duma.

Recently the Minister-President spearheaded the Declaration of War on Cildania through the Duma under the authorization of Czar Ratimir. The Declaration of War came as a response to Cildania’s unprecedented engagement of a Trigunian warships in the strait between Selucia and Cildania. In the early hours of yesterday morning, a Cildanian warship engaged a Trigunian warship without warning, which resulted in an exchange of fire between the two warships which evidently ended in a Trigunian success after the Cildanians warship was sunk due to an on-board explosion.

As a response to the attack, Trigunia has mobilized its Green Sea Fleet to assist the Mad Dog Fleet in powering through the Cildanian strait in order to arrive to its destination in Delteria. The Mad Dog Fleet was sent after the Delterian Czar requested Trigunian assistance to quell tensions within the southern Majatran nation. Although much criticism has come Trigunia’s way for supporting Delteria, the Government has assured many that although it does not support Delteria’s internal policies, they see the current diplomatic situation to be of greater importance and has promised that Delteria will have to answer for their policies after these tensions have calmed.

Trigunian Minister-President Filipp Klepakhov stated that the two fleets will have no mercy for anything bearing Cildanian insignias seeing that Cildania mindlessly ignored the consequences of breaching international law. Officials from the Trigunian Collegium of State Income and Finance issued a statement which stated that it is currently crafting an economic structure for the trigunian economy that could withstand the massive vacuum of war. The Collegium of Foreign Affairs has recalled all diplomatic staff from Cildania, and is currently formalizing a plan to airlift stranded citizens and tourists back into the nation.

Officials from the Collegium of War stated that it does not intend on using diplomacy in light of provocative action by the Cildanians. Once brothers separated by large bodes of land and water, Cildania and Trigunia have been separated by politics and ideologies, with this declaration of war, it will be brother against brother, that is if Cildania requests assistance from its Majatran Keeper, and Trigunia's sworn enemy, Vanuku. The dark clouds are moving in, and they are moving in quickly. For the horns of war are blowing, warning of the coming storm.

[Liu Che/Zhuli]

Massive Response to Supercargo Ship Sinking

Millions of LOD worth of goods headed to Indralan civilians have been destroyed by Kalistani "naval" forces. The Indralan hostages released by the Kalistani "navy" were safely recovered, receiving no harm other than a shock. The hostages are planning to enlist in the Indralan Imperial Navy once they return home so that they may help civilize the Kalistani barbarian. In response, two T-055 destroyers of the Black Tortoise Fleet surrounded and destroyed one KALNAPECO oil rig off the coast of Ananto, causing far more damage to the Kalistani economy than the destruction of a cargo ship to the Indralan economy. Despite the response, Indrala is taking up the offer of the Confederation of New Endralon, Kizenia, and Kuzaki's desire to provide more supplies to the Celestial Empire. At this point in time, Indrala will not deny any help it can get.

Indralan officers are pointing to the fact that Kalistan's use of LAFA packs prove the Kalistani's government's support of piracy, claiming Indralan naval patrols of the international waters of the Anantanese Ocean are completely justified.


Destruction of Kalistani oil rig

Coastal Bombardment Successful, the Invasion Begins

After pounding the Anantanese coast for a week, the Indralan Imperial Navy has secured a beachhead at Eavari in Northern Ananto. A contingent of 25,000 Indralan ground troops landed at Eavari with the strict goal of taking the city, which is expected to fall relatively easily. The second half of the Indralan Expeditionary Force will arrive in the coming week, finishing the first phase of the war.


Indralan invasion of Eavari

[Doc]

reprinted from
Republican Dispatches: News from the Front
War Comes to Kalistan: Indralans invade at Eveari
Ananto Fights Alone
Eveari, Ananto District
December 4, 3988


The remaining Kalistani regulars in port city of Eveari seeking cover as the firefight draws closer to their position

Outnumbered and beleaguered Kalistani Regulars are struggling to maintain control of the Anantanese port city of Eveari today as they are being mercilessly bombarded from both the sea and from the Indralan beachhead inside the city. To date, Kalistan has lost between 500 and 750 patriotic defenders of the City, who struggled, in several pitched battles, to maintain control over the City's main port facilities and electrical generation and desalinization stations. Ultimately, Kalistan was not successful in holding these sites, and they were decisively over run by Invading forces.

Ahead of the fighting, the Governor of the District of Ananto, Socialist Franco King issued the evacuation order for Civilians in Eveari and Dulnerstaad, but the invasion and occupation occurred so quickly that most of the populations of these two cities ended up behind enemy lines before they could flee to the south. The Government of Ananto extended the civilian order to Kaliburg, and seaworthy vessels are being prepared for the evacuate of up to 100,000 civilians from the capital at a moment's notice.

In addition to losing large parts of the city to the Indralan forces, Kalistan has also lost three freighters in the Naval Ship yards that were in conversion process for Naval service. The ships were destroyed by incoming Indralan fire, and the half sunk hulks will remain in the Naval Ship yards until they are cleared. Also lost at the facilities is a small stockpile of naval ordinance and supplies for Kalistani naval units. But the loss of the port was more significant in that it cuts Ananto off from the mainland- Eveari was Ananto's primary port facility, and was the only one which could handle modern super container ships. Any supplies that arrive on the island now will need to come through Kaliburg, and then on smaller ships. These will be more vulnerable to Indralan reprisals like their recent destruction of a KALNAPECO oil platform in the Odufar Sea. The noose is fully tightened around the neck of Ananto, and supply being cut entirely off, the LAFA packs will no longer be able to accomplish much around the Island, and so have been ordered to move to a new theater of operations in the waters off the mainland.


Kalistani positions outside Dulnerstaad, where heavy fighting took the lives of 385 Kalistani Regulars in the last few weeks

It is unclear whether Regulars will be able to hold out in Eveari- Large parts of the city have already been destroyed and the momentum of the Indralans is stunning, even to the defenders. If Eveari falls, there will be little to stop the Indralans from flooding into the entire Bluegrass Valley, and if Dulnerstaad falls, there will be nothing to stop Indrala from targeting Kaliburg itself. To this end, Kalistani regulars have been ordered to fall back to positions in the Blue Grass plain, supporting the defenders with artillery fire and providing a safe rallying point should the defenders be forced to evacuate.

There is no telling how long the battle for the city will continue, but without an expectation of reinforcements, it may only be a matter of time before Indrala succeeds in occupying the entire town and plain, while Kalistan is forced to seek refuge in the Mountains.

[Liu Che/Zhuli]

Indrala Easily Takes Eveari, Occupation of Bluegrass Valley, Dulnerstaad Invasion Begins

In a nearly bloodless victory for the Celestial Empire, the city of Eveari fell rather quickly to the Imperial Army. With the support of naval bombardment, His Imperial Majesty's loyal soldiers advanced upon the city, sending nearly 750 Kalistani soldiers to Hell. However, Indrala was not without loss. One hundred patriots died in the name of His Imperial Majesty, no doubt singing praises to the Imperial Clan for their divinely inspired war effort.

Even greater than taking the city, the Indralan forces have effectively crippled the Kalistani navy, allowing Indrala complete naval domination over Kalistani waters. Furthermore, with the capture of Ananto's largest ports, the island will undergo immense suffering, being forced to rely on supplies from smaller ships. For the moment, the Celestial Empire has not order its submarines in the Anantanese Ocean to sink merchant vessels with known civilian supplies. In fact, Indrala has been quite gracious to the Kalistani people, allowing peaceful Kalistani vessels to enter Eveari in order to evacuate civilians. Whoever does not want to leave will not be punished, unless proven to be spies or terrorist scum.

With any victory the army must keep its momentum, especially if Kalistani piracy and terrorism is to be quickly neutralized. Bluegrass Valley will be occupied by Indralan forces.

To the West, the second and final wave of Indralan troops have begun their invasion of Dulnerstaad. Capturing the city is critical to guard the main force at Eveari's left flank. As with Eveari, Indralan officers expect Dulnerstaad to fall easily with few casualties. Upon capture, the Imperial Armed Forces will effectively have occupied half of Ananto's urban areas, paving a clear route to the ultimate goal: Kaliburg.

[Doc]

reprinted from
Republican Dispatches: News from the Front
Kalistani Units at Dulnerstaad obliterated
Defense crumbles in the face of overwhelming Force; Indrala cuts deep into Northern Ananto
Kaliburg, Ananto
March 17, 3989


The last remnants of Kalistani Regular forces defending Dulnerstaad are overrun and forced to surrender

The Indralan invasion of Northern Ananto is a complete disaster for Kalistani Defenders. Following a pitched battle for the city of Eveari, which lasted for less than 2 weeks, the Indralan Marines invaded and occupied Dulnerstaad, on Ananto's North West corner. The fighting for the city was intense, but in the end, the Indralan forces killed more than 1200 Kalistani regulars who were charged with defending the city, and captured another 300. Said a civilian witness, who was among the few civilians to escape the city before it was completely captured, "Our forces fought house to house, block to block, but in the end, Indralan rockets made short work of the defenses. We had some of these guys in my house, and they were shooting, and right in front of my kids, this guy was shot dead, and then Jake, my cross the street neighbor, his house blew up, and then the whole block blew up... We were lucky to get out of there alive, but thankfully, my wife and kids, they're safe here in the Capital. We're going to catch a ferry here in a couple days. Hopefully the Indralans let us go before they do to Kaliburg what they did to Dulnerstaad.


Political Map of Occupied Ananto as of March, 3989

As it stands, the Indralan Military has overrun all of the Bluegrass Valley, the Dulnerstaad region, and most of the coastal plains in between. The Conquest is bound to be complete within a couple weeks, and then Indrala will have a firm hold on Kalistan's northern coast. With the capture of Dulnerstaad, the Indralan position in Eveari is deemed consolidated and protected. Meanwhile, whatever regulars avoided capture have been routed into the mountains, and it is reported that they are regrouping among Kalistani Partisan units belonging to the Revolutionary Socialist Militia of Kalistan. RSMoK strong points are also believed to be the location of the President of Kalistan Poppy Smith-Bennots, who has not been seen in the Republic for several years, since the beginning of the conflict with Indrala. If Mountain positions fail, Kaliburg itself could be threatened, but for right now, Indrala is standing down as Anantan civilians evacuate the Island.


Ananto Citizens flood aboard civilian merchant ships, in an attempt to flee the Indralan invasion

Since the invasion began, more than 65,000 Anantan civilians have attempted to leave the island. Last month alone, the sea lanes between the Capital and the Mainland were so packed, several accidents occurred which led to the death of some 2400 civilians. Kalistanis attempting to get off the island, in light of the seemingly unstoppable Indralan juggernaut have overloaded ships and helicopters in their attempts to get loved ones, belongings and themselves off the island, and there is no telling how much longer the Indralan navy will allow the evacuation to continue. More than 35 thousand are still waiting to leave the Island, but many ship captains have made it clear that returning to Ananto is becoming far too dangerous, given Indralan searches for war materiel and supplies, and fewer and fewer ships appear in the port of Kaliburg each day.