NEWSFLASH: Anarchy in Alecrast - Nation in shambles in HSA aftermath

Archaic · January 18, 2003, 02:00

The proud nation of Alecrast, thrust onto the stage of the Apolyton Region after the Sovietskii Soyuz incidents and recent nuclear threat, have decended into a complete chaos reminiscent of the wars that all but tore the isles apart almost 10 years ago, before the commonwealth was formed. Where once there was order through the rule of law, there is now order through the rule of biker gangs.

At 4:02pm today, Alecrast local time, the Alecrast Monach Liam "Archaic" Pomfret approved the deployment of the Hunter Seeker Algorithm in an desperate bid to prevent his nation from suffering the same fate as both the nations of Akira and the Sovietskii Soyuz have in recent days. This Algorithm was intended to prevent all outside access to the Alecrast computer network, and to purge it of all traces of the Akira AI.

However, something has gone wrong. And it could not possibily have gone more wrong than this. With all telecommunications and electrical grids down, Alecrast has all but sent itself back to the stone age, with Petrol and Batteries turning into the most valuable goods other than food and fresh water. The elite Yokuza and Ranger units of the Alecrast army have managed to hold onto the city of Flaim and restore it to some sembalance of order, and it's only through their communications and the communications of a few private reporters now stranded in Alecrast but with access to Centralis and/or Greater Finland sat. phones that our reports are coming through. The fates of the other cities are completly unknown, but the most worry has to be around the Nuclear warheads captured only 2 days ago by the Alecrast Yokuza forces in Sheepsta. It's known to only the top brass where these have been stored, but it's a safe bet that at least some are in silos, and that not all are in areas under complete government control.

More news will come as it develops.

GeneralTacticus · January 18, 2003, 02:11

Centralis offers the full support of it's military in restoring order to it's ally. We leave it to the discretion of the Alecrast government how our forces may be employed, as they most likely know more about the situation than we do.

Jack_www · January 18, 2003, 02:11

Alecrast the United States of Jackson would like of offer help in restoring order to your nation.

Archaic · January 18, 2003, 02:23

$#*e HSAw#$*succe%$%*#**@%*@*@*&*#&@*$&ult of She@*&&*%&@*nprev&$*%&@$#*&#olen Graphi@%*&&&%**@%*arship**%&%@&*%@ey're everywhere! He@&$@#*

Sound of gunfire in the background

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

GeneralTacticus · January 18, 2003, 02:26

I think, in light of the difficulty in communicating with the Alecrastian government, that we're going to have to deploy our paratroopers into Flaim unilaterally. Hopefully they can set up a communication centre and allow whatever is left of the Alecrastian government to contact the outside world.

Jack_www · January 18, 2003, 02:30

USJ is also sending in paratroopers as well. We will try and find out what in the world is going on. Soon our millitary will be freed to be used else were. Once that occurs and the situtation deems it necassary, we will launch a full scale invasion to restore the old government and order.

Archaic · January 18, 2003, 02:46

Reports from Alecrast slowed down to a trickle then stopped completly not 10 minutes ago in the wake of what appeared to be heavy jamming of outside transmissions, originating somewhere off the Lodoss east coast. Our last update came from persons unknown, simply screaming "They're everywhere, help us! They're everywhere, help us!" over and over into a Centralis Sat phone before it was abruptly cut off by the screams of gunfire and an explosion in the distance, after which all frequencies to Alecrast suddenly went dead. Centralis and USJ paratroopers have already commenced operations into the Alecrast capital of Flaim in an attempt to restore order, but as for the success of either of these operations, we simply don't know. Either they're not talking, or they know as little as we do thanks to the jamming.

We'll have another update on the situation as soon as it comes in. Until then, from Geelong, this is

There is a bright flash outside the window of the newsroom, which points over the sea towards Alecrast, and the transmission suddenly cuts out

GeneralTacticus · January 18, 2003, 02:50

The Centralis observation satellite GodsEye IX is expected to reach a position over Alecrast soemtime within the next hour. We will deliver an update once it arrives.

Jack_www · January 18, 2003, 02:54

We have sent one of our carrier battle groups to the regoin, USS Freedom. We will begin recon flights over the skies of Alecrast to determine the situtation.
Our forces have begun full scale moblization and expect to have an invasion force ready soon once we determine the conditions are safe for it.

GeneralTacticus · January 18, 2003, 03:04

Centralis does not wish to have to launch a full scale invasion in order to restore order, as we all know how messy such misions can get, but we are willing to fund whatever relief projects are required, and we are also prepared to launch limited operations when necessary.

Mr. President · January 18, 2003, 03:05

The Karakas navy will take action to secure the shipping lanes between the south coast of Karakas and Alecrast.

GeneralTacticus · January 18, 2003, 03:15

With a centralis satellite now in position over Alecrast, we can at least try to guess at what the hel is going on down there. Preliminary reports indicate that the ionoshpere over Alecrast has been left highly charged, disrupting communication from the ground to orbiting comsats. Given the nature of this charge, and fact that it seems to be dying down somewhat, we suspect it was the result of a high-level nuclear airburst, possibly a neutron bomb. We have no way of knowing, for know, where it came from, or why it was used.

Mr. President · January 18, 2003, 03:23

AH-75 scout helicopters from the Karakas 1st Fleet have just passed over the Terribi Islands. They report that Sheepsta navy vessels have passed the island chain and are now deep in Alecrast's territorial waters. Additionally, several troop transport ships are beached on the beaches of the Terribi Islands.

We demand that Sheepsta explain its actions and withdraw from Alecrastian territory. Further erratic and aggressive behavior will result in serious retaliation.

GeneralTacticus · January 18, 2003, 04:43

After further examination of the interference around Alecrast, we have concluded that it was, in fact, the result of a nuclear detonation high over Alecrast; the bomb appears to have been a fission one, of a type which is available on the black market if one knows where to look, and thus provides no clue as to who the perpetrator was; we expect, however, that fallout from this device is likely to be carried by the wind from Alecrast towards the mainland, possibly as far as Unibinia or Redfern. We urge all nations on this route, including our own, to take measures against the radioactive fallout.

As for the issue of what's actually happening on the ground; not much seems to have changed, as the area outside Flaim is still largely chaos, and that within Flaim is not a whole lot better, but the troops deployed into Alecrast by Jackson and Centralis are still alive and kicking, and have set up a communications centre as ordered, though they've lost contact with us. We will be deploying communication ships and AWACS planes into the channel between Centralis and Alecrast in order to escape the effects of the nuclear blast. We will be further investigating the jamming detected before the blast, but currently, we cannot detect any jamming at all. It is possible that the jammers were shut down once the nuke went off.

Kassiopeia · January 18, 2003, 06:22

The response to these events from Greater Finland comes in somewhat late; due to the detected nuclear detonation, most of the western and southern parts of the country have been set to a high-level emergency and government operation has been tardy since it was forced to relocate to a safer location.

Fallout shelters are filling up down south and the flow of people to the northern parts is enormous. I am considering enacting martial law and deploying the military to avoid anyone taking advantage of this sudden chaos.

Our meteorologists do predict that the wind will either bring the fallout much further east or even southeast, but there's also a 10 % possibility that it will turn and bring over one third of the radiation here.

First of all, Greater Finland condemns this act as a high atrocity, since the attack has not been concentrated only at Alecrast, but also all other nations of Apolyton, which are subjected to the risk of fallout. Secondly, we are mobilising our fleet to the Alecrast - Greater Finland channel to watch over the locale and provide assistance to USJ, Karakas and Centralis forces. Since we might have to enact martial law, it is not planned at this stage to send troops to Alecrast itself.

I am also chiming in with Karakas and demanding an explanation from Sheepsta; are they taking advantage of the situation or did they even cause the situation? The Navy of Greater Finland will assist Karakas in cutting off the Sheepsta route to Alecrast if needed.

GeneralTacticus · January 18, 2003, 06:35

The situation in Centralis is currently quite similar to that in Greater Finland; the government has relocated to one of many crisis management centres, and has placed the military on high alert, while people all over the country are pouring into fallout shelters.

One last piece of information was not included in the previous update, and this is an explanation as to why an airburst produced fallout at all; it was apparently built with a cobalt jacket, which is designed to massively increase the amount of fallout and render the target area compeltely unlivable. Although the hieght at which it was detonated will mean that Alecrast itself will not suffer too badly, there is great risk for anyone living in the direction the wind blows it.

Jack_www · January 18, 2003, 17:14

We are not sending in millitary police units in to Alecrast. We are now recieving report form our paratroopers on the ground. Our units will move in and help local authorities restore order to the country. About 20,000 troops trained as millitary police will soon be landing on the shores of Alecrast along with the 3rd Marine Corps. We are confident that will internation help we can restore order to the nation of Alecrast. Our troops have also been given medicine to help prevent thyroid cancer and have gear that will give them protecting against the fallout if any. We will also send in medical personal to help treat any people who have been exposed to the fallout.

Mr. President · January 19, 2003, 03:18

Relevant headlines from Karakas' SouthernNews.com:

Capital Militia Transfer Sheepstan Embassy Staff to "Undisclosed Location

Marine Expeditionary Group Reportedly Departing Balar

Sheep · January 19, 2003, 05:24

The Holy Empire of Sheepstan, is apalled to what is happening in its nearest neighbour. Although no love is lost between the two of us, we do offer all our resources to track these perpertrators down. We withdraw our need for reperations, only an apology about the war minister will suffice. Futhermore we shall co-operate with regional forces to track down the attackers.

Our embassy staff still are missing. We would like to know where they are as much as you do. We believe the AI in Ubina has taken them. We also offer to take any Alecretian survivors to Sheepsta for medical treatment.

Mr. President · January 19, 2003, 05:40

Please expect the Sheepstan embassy staff from Karakas to return to their homeland soon. The Militia transported them to a military base for processing, and they were then deported. The embassy will remain closed for the time being.

Sheep · January 19, 2003, 05:54

Krakas, what is the meaning of this outrage. Sheepsta has had nothing to do with terrorism, and we call it our crusade to eliminate it. I think if Krakas has something wrong with that then perhaps they are terrorists themselves?

Sheep · January 19, 2003, 06:01

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr. President
AH-75 scout helicopters from the Karakas 1st Fleet have just passed over the Terribi Islands. They report that Sheepsta navy vessels have passed the island chain and are now deep in Alecrast's territorial waters. Additionally, several troop transport ships are beached on the beaches of the Terribi Islands.

We demand that Sheepsta explain its actions and withdraw from Alecrastian territory. Further erratic and aggressive behavior will result in serious retaliation.

We had commenced evacuation procedures for survivors of the nuclear attack. We currently have 1000 Alecrestian survivors, suffering from the signs of nuclear attack. We are treating them in transit to Sheepstan hospitals. We ask an Alecrestian government offical to come to Sheepsta to make sure this is up to scratch and no terrorism is taking place in shipping these patients.

Futhermore, we announce that aid shipments will commence tonight and Sheepstan Holy Gaurdsmen the elite forces of the Sheepstan Army, will start to drop into Alecrast to fight enemy forces, if the Alecrastian government agrees to this.

In antother announcement the Lord Protector is safe and sound in his command bunker. He is directing all operations in relation to Alecrast and has given authorisation to fire on any terrorist shipping.

Archaic · January 19, 2003, 07:48

Thanks to Centralis for providing me with this uplink. Our main electrical grids are still down, and will be for some time it seems.

Alecrast refuses help from Sheepsta. Considering the unknown origin of the Graphite and Nuclear weapons used against us, and the presence of the Sheepsta navy off our shores before the attack, you are....untrustworthy at best. Any Sheepsta "Holy Guard" entering Alecrast will be taken as a declaration of war.

As for the people of Alecrast, seeing as we have no news of Nuclear attacks on the Terribi islands (The airburst was in the middle of Lodoss, and all the other nuclear explosions, which were of the stolen warheads spontaneously going off when safety systems went offline after the Graphite weapons attack, were in silos deep in uninhabited wasteland), we find your story highly suspisious, and formally request that all refugees be taken to either Centralis or Karakas, not Sheepsta.

Now if you'll excuse me, the bloody Animal Liberation Front is staging another raid on our food stores.

Jack_www · January 19, 2003, 09:32

Sheepsta, do not send any troops into Alecrast. We do not need your help. No nation in its right mind trusts a nation ruled by a man who changes his mind every second. This is a ODSN matter. Our troops are currently in Alecrast helping the people. If anyone needs evacuating we are more then able to profrom this. Do not interfer.

To the nation of Alecrast our troops are now within your borders and will help your own troops restore order to your nation. The evidence that your porvide indicates an attack by a nation that is technologicly advance. It seems to us they must have used Stealth Bombers, how else could they go unditected by your radar systems?

Archaic · January 19, 2003, 09:51

The implementation of the Hunter Seeker Algorithm had many of our key defence systems down for short periods, though there was no point where all the systems were down at the same time. I concur. Stealth tech. is the only reasonable explanation.....I hope....

Jack_www · January 20, 2003, 00:46

We will begin a formal investigation on this matter to see who attack you and why. Once we find the attacker we will respon, possibly with nuclear weapons if neccessary.

Our primary suspects are:
Akiria
Sovietskii

On second list
Sheepsta(all though this is in doubt, but they were at war with you at the time of attack).

We believe that one of the AI nations attacked when you were trying to get rid of the AI, and it responded by attacking.

Archaic · January 20, 2003, 05:46

Potentially. I wouldn't put it past them using Sheepsta to attack me however. Sheepsta's already declared his support for them, and even if he didn't do it at their request, could they have got in the systems of his military already?

red_jon · January 20, 2003, 07:35

The population of Redfern has been told to keep indoors as far as is possible, as it seems some radiation is likely to speaed to the Red Isles (due to the giant populations of the megacities of Red City, Red Rivers and Red Lake, the skyscrapers have extensive covered walkways connecting each other, as well as monorail services between buildings).

Sheep · January 20, 2003, 10:31

The people of Sheepsta are shocked at these allegations. Although we have threatned Alecrast with them, we would not of used nukes unless absolutley necessary. All Alcrestian survivors in Sheepstan hospitals are making a recovery with the exception of a 76yo man who unfortuantley passed away. It is up to Alecrast to when they can handle the 3000 citizens of their country we are currently treating.

Jack_www · January 20, 2003, 13:33

Sheepsta why are these people in your hospitals? Return them at once. You are not to help Alecrast, they refused your help. If any troops are spoted in Alecrast or even aid workers we will remove them our selfs. You do not get it?? We do not trust a madman. We do not need your help. SO STOP IN YOUR EFFORTS NOW.