Chaos in Centralis

GeneralTacticus · February 21, 2003, 05:52

After years of government based on the principle of individual rights as sacred, it seems that the consequences have finally caught up with the Republic of Centralis. In recent elections, a radical libertarian/anarchist coalition made significant gains in parliament, and were able to push through a program that eliminated much of the government's remaining authority over the people. As a result, extremist political groups have had a field day, forming paramilitaries to take over much of the country. armaments, paid for by the looting of the areas they occupy, have flooded intot eh coutnry to them, and the Centralian miltiary has not yet been able to regain contorl; indeed, a number of units have deserted and joined various factions fighting for power.

The government of Centralis is in dire straits; we have disbanded parliament for the duration for the war effort and imposed martial law, but we have little control of the country outside the capital and major military bases, which have become fortresses. We appeal to our allies throughout the regino to impose an arms embargo on the rebels and help us in restoring order. Every day this situation continues, our country continues to suffer and people continue to die.

Archaic · February 21, 2003, 06:14

Alecrast pledges its support to the loyalist Centralis forces. We're no stranger to these problems ourselves. If there's anything we can do to assist, name it.

GeneralTacticus · February 21, 2003, 06:29

Well, the first thing on the agenda is to shut off the supply of weapons to the various rebel factions, as this has been the prime reason why we have been unable to make much headway against them. The second priority is to take control of strategically important areas, such as major cities, and use them as bases from which to roll the rebels back.

Guardian · February 21, 2003, 06:29

The Republic of Guardinia joins Alecrast in supporting the Centralis government and offers to assist in any way we can.

As a first step, we offer to send a task force from the Guardinian navy to patrol Centralis coastal waters and assist in enforcing an arms embargo against the rebels. The parliament of Guardinia is currently debating whether we should also be willing to put troops on the ground in direct support of the Centralis government's forces.

ceroomaster · February 21, 2003, 15:46

Ceroo would also like to offer support to the recognised Centralis government.
Our nation has never supplied weapons to any dissident group in a friendly nation and deplores any nation that does.
We precious few ground troops to spare, though we can offer to help enforce the embargo along the coastline, we have five new nuclear submarines our Fleet Admiral is itching to test out which have already been despatched to join up with the Guardinian task force (we have asked our captains to follow the Guardinian Naval Commanders' orders in matters relating to this operation).

We can, of course, offer aid packages to the disrupted regions when they are liberated; and, with permission of the Centralis government, will be willing to attempt dropping supplies from the air into loyalist strongholds.

GeneralTacticus · February 21, 2003, 19:42

Centralis thanks all the nations that have offered their support, and we can anounce that the first task has been achieved; we have largely regained control over our borders, and the flow of weapons into Centralis has almost halted. We must now face the more difficult task of eliminating them from their strongholds.

DarkCloud · February 21, 2003, 21:40

The Emperor of Iguana Fire, Komnenus, pledges support overtly to the parmilitary rightwing consumerist groups saying that the conquest of such groups will bring a new golden age for Centralian society.

However, Iguana Fire states that they will not fund such groups as Iguana Fire values its low 4% tax rate.

GeneralTacticus · February 22, 2003, 08:32

The Centralis government, having regained (for now) a modicum of control over society, has made some gains against various rebel factions, expecially in the important area around the port of Geelong, and requests further help in suppressing the rebels in the rest of the country.

Urban Ranger · February 22, 2003, 09:05

Noosland offers miltary support to our neighbour Centralis, our first airborne division is ready to be dispatched to regain controls of major cities.

GeneralTacticus · February 22, 2003, 21:11

Please deploy your troops immediately. Although we have now rescinded the policies that led to this disaster, we have yet to retake most of the country.

Jack_www · February 23, 2003, 00:31

USJ will come to the aid of their ally. We will send in 250,000 troops to help retore order in your nation. If you need more help we can send more troops. We are sending two aircarft battle groups near you nation and a thrid will come if needed. We will also be sending the 3rd Calvary Army, which contains Abrams M1A2 tanks and APCs as well.

Archaic · February 23, 2003, 00:33

Alecrast Ranger units have been put under your direct command Centralis. Use them well. I only wish we had more to offer in the way of armour.

GeneralTacticus · February 23, 2003, 00:37

We thank Alecrast and Jackson for their troop contibutions. Alecrast ranger units are currently being employed to hunt down and assassinate important rebel leaders in order to destroy their political infrastructure. If all goes well, we should soon be able to end the war.

Mercator · February 23, 2003, 12:54

Greater Mongolia denounces any military action against the rebels, and condemns any terrorist acts of the rebels against innocent civilians. Despite our ideological ties with some of the rebel factions we can not and will not support any form of unnecessary violence.

Jack_www · February 23, 2003, 22:37

Mongolia should realize that we are simply trying to restore order and help the rightfull government of Centrails regain controll. They are not a dictatorship but they do need help in putting down rebels who seized the governments lack of order to attack.

Urban Ranger · February 24, 2003, 00:37

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Originally posted by GeneralTacticus
Please deploy your troops immediately. Although we have now rescinded the policies that led to this disaster, we have yet to retake most of the country.

As requested. Our paratroopers had been able to secure perimeters in four major cities centering around airports. We are flying in our light infantry divisions as we speak now.

Jack_www · February 24, 2003, 02:22

Our troops have arived, along with 500 tanks, all that we could ship over their in such short time period. Our two Carrier battle groups are now with in range of rebel postions to start bombing raids. More equipement is on its way as well. We hope to soon begin an joint offensive with all nations involved on the rebels.

GeneralTacticus · February 24, 2003, 03:15

With large amounts of foreign assistance and the now rallied Centralian army, the rebels have been swept from the big cities and most of the vital areas such as major transport links and mines. We are currently conducting mopping-up operations throughout the rest of the country.

Guardian · February 24, 2003, 05:29

The Guardinian Navy is moving two carrier battle groups within range of the Centralis coastline. They are currently flying patrol missions only, but could also provide air support to friendly troops on the ground if such support is requested. Also, an amphibious battle group with a regiment of marines on standby is expected to arrive in the area within the next 24 hours. They will take up stations within striking distance of the coast and await further orders.

In other news today, we are pleased to report that the ongoing efforts to patrol the coast and enforce the arms embargo are coming along nicely. A total of 232 vessels of various types and nationalities have been inspected by the Guardinian Navy and our allies. While most have been cleared and allowed to go about their business, we have found weapons on board 12 of them. These vessels have been taken into Guardinian custody for the time being.

Unfortunately, a small number of light and fast craft appear to have slipped through our screen in the early stages of the blockade. I am assured by Naval Command that this is no longer a serious problem, since our air patrols would detect any further would-be blockade runners.

On a related note, we regret to announce that an unidentified hydrofoil-type vessel was lost with all hands last night as it apparently tried to evade inspection. The vessel was overflown by Guardinian naval aircraft after repeatedly failing to respond to our radio calls. Our aircraft reported taking fire, and a nearby nuclear submarine from Ceroo was authorized to return said fire. Ceroo has so far not released any details on what type of weapon was fired, but the unidentified vessel disappeared from our screens, and sub-sequent searches have uncovered nothing but a small amount of burnt-out wreckage.

At the moment, there are two possible explanations to the disappearance: Either it was the weapon fired by Ceroo that totally obliterated the target, or the target self-destructed in order to evade capture and identification.

In any case, while we regret the loss of the unidentified vessel and will carry out an official investigation of the circumstances, we maintain nonetheless that the crew of this vessel appear to have brought this upon themselves.

Our efforts to control the shipping lanes into Centralis will continue for as long as they're needed.

Urban Ranger · February 24, 2003, 08:57

Noosland air command centre planes are on standby to provide coordination and control functions as needs arise. Our border troops have not reported any attempts by Centralis rebels, even though border security has been stepped up after news broke out to assist in interdiction of smuggling activities.

Mercator · February 24, 2003, 09:53

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Originally posted by Jack_www
Mongolia should realize that we are simply trying to restore order and help the rightfull government of Centrails regain controll. They are not a dictatorship but they do need help in putting down rebels who seized the governments lack of order to attack.

The Centralis people voted for a libertarian/anarchist coalition and governmental control was limited democratically. Trying to take this control back forcibly is a disgrace to democracy.

Urban Ranger · February 24, 2003, 12:00

Hm, what if they voted that everybody else should be killed? Should that be allowed?

ceroomaster · February 24, 2003, 12:09

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On a related note, we regret to announce that an unidentified hydrofoil-type vessel was lost with all hands last night as it apparently tried to evade inspection. The vessel was overflown by Guardinian naval aircraft after repeatedly failing to respond to our radio calls. Our aircraft reported taking fire, and a nearby nuclear submarine from Ceroo was authorized to return said fire. Ceroo has so far not released any details on what type of weapon was fired, but the unidentified vessel disappeared from our screens, and sub-sequent searches have uncovered nothing but a small amount of burnt-out wreckage.

At the moment, there are two possible explanations to the disappearance: Either it was the weapon fired by Ceroo that totally obliterated the target, or the target self-destructed in order to evade capture and identification.

Our government has had conflicting reports. At first we were told the vessel had sank (as a result of our torpedo attack), and that a salvage operation was underway- apparently there was some 'interesting' equipment on board. This information was related to us by the High-Admiral.
In our meeting 6 hours later, the Secratery of Defence reported that nothing had been salvaged and presented the same story as the Guardinian representatives.
The submarine in question is now 12 hours late in reporting to our naval base on East Ceroo (for refuelling and resupplying).
Any investigatorial help in this matter would be appreciated.

Urban Ranger · February 24, 2003, 23:49

Please forward us the details so we can assist in the search.

Jack_www · February 24, 2003, 23:55

We have sreach and rescue helicopters on our aircraft carriers. We can send our investigators who look into millitary accendents to help in the investigation.

Also we have ships avaible for the naval blockade, and will be sending some of our gun boats and helicopters to help catch blockade runners.

GeneralTacticus · February 25, 2003, 02:43

Thanks to the assistance of our allies, this crisis is now effectively over. Martial law has been ended an dparlimanet is reconeving next month, with mos tof the rebel groups having surrendered in the face of certain defeat. The next task is to rebuild the economy after the massicve looting conducted by the rebels to finance their war machine. confiscation of assets belonging to rebels and sale of captured weapons will hopefully make up for this, at elast partially.

Archaic · February 25, 2003, 07:20

The Alecrast military would be very interested in purchasing those. We're currently scaling up our forces due to certain tipoffs we've recieved regarding the actions of certain nations in this region.

Mercator · February 25, 2003, 07:23

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Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Hm, what if they voted that everybody else should be killed? Should that be allowed?

I see your point. I seem to have misjudged the situation. It seems it was mainly paramilitary splinter groups taking advantage of the anarchist (lack of) government. Maybe those groups even voted for the anarchists, or even intimidated innocent civilians to vote for them. That way these splinter groups could abuse the governmental void and take control.

GeneralTacticus, allow me to send a Mongolian engineer corps to help restore the infrastructure.

Maybe new elections are in order as well. Greater Mongolia would also be willing to send inspectors to monitor the elections.

GeneralTacticus · February 25, 2003, 07:24

We're glad we have found a buyer who we can trust, rather than just committing them to the vagaries of the world market. The weapons mainly consist of vairosu small arms, ranging from AK-47s and M16s to some laser weapons, and also include a variety of tanks, artillery, and a few aircraft. They're of varying quality and states of repair, but none of them are irreperable, and we are sure that you can find a use for most of them.

GeneralTacticus · February 25, 2003, 07:26

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GeneralTacticus, allow me to send a Mongolian engineer corps to help restore the infrastructure.

Anyone who is willing to help us rebuild after this war is welcome.

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Maybe new elections are in order as well. Greater Mongolia would also be willing to send inspectors to monitor the elections.

As we have now ended military rule, we will be holding new elections to all parliaments soon. If you wish, you may send officials to monitor the new elections, although we do not see much reason to; Centralian democracy is highly praised throughout most of the region.