Snakes and Ladders

[Guinness]

Ok, thanks. I missed that.

[Desertfox]

OOC All the ships in question and in color. ;)

[Desertfox]

June 17th

NSS Chimera, Red Sea

"Captain, we have a complete count. Four heavy cruisers, 3 medium cruisers, ten destroyers. According to out intel, that's the bulk of the Mediterranean fleet, except for their two battleships."

"Very well forward it to HQ."


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June 19th

HQ New Amsterdam Fleet, New Amsterdam

"Everything checks out commander, all our observers in the area have seen the same thing. We have three reports from the Suez Canal, an overflight from the Ottomans, the Chimera's report, and a report from a Zionite torpedo boat out of Eliat. Chimera's seems to be the most accurate. The Italian's are moving the bulk of their Mediterranean fleet into the Rift."

"Very well, send a full report to Commander Brinks, send a message to Aurora, tell her, Valencia and Istanbul are go, the Med is clear."


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June 21st

HQ New Amsterdam Fleet, New Amsterdam

"Welcome to New Amsterdam, Colonel. You can give your men leave, the orders to sail have not been given yet."

"Thank you Admiral, the 501st will appreciate it."

[Desertfox]

June 31st

Sent in the clear.

EXECUTE SIDEWINDER REPEAT EXECUTE SIDEWINDER


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New Amsterdam

"We sail as soon as darkness falls...*

[TexanCowboy]

Second, Plan Sidewinder. A mass attack against the southern Italian fleet. But first, we send a decoy up north. Draw the Italian fleet north, then strike south. We have the numbers to overwhelm their defenses and blast our way to New Zion. Once there we unit with the Zionite fleet and destroy the remainder of the Italian fleet. It's riskier than the first plan, and will lead to higher losses. But we can gain total victory in less that 3 months."

It's probebly not the best idea to publicly post war strategies...

[Sachmle]

LOL!!  Self-pwn? Of course the whole thing could be a setup anyway. Maybe the REAL sidewinder is to attack from the North. This way CT will think the 'faint' to the north is a fake, when it's really the real attack. ;)

[Desertfox]

That information is OOC. Did you really have to remind the Italians?

[Desertfox]

He, he, he... I see my plan is already working... perfectly.


July 1st

Official New Switzerland Announcement

Due to threats from the Italian Government, New Switzerland is instituting a 12 mile exclusion zone around its warships. Any ship or aircraft from a neutral nation entering said zone should clearly identify itself. Ships not identifying themselves will be treated as hostile and dealt with accordingly. Any submarine operating near Swiss warships is to surface and display its colors, any submarine remaining submerged will be considered hostile and dealt with accordingly.

[TexanCowboy]

Romania, seeing no reason why it should have to identify its vessels when they are not at war, will not be identifying any merchant vessels, but warships will identify themselves.....and if you fire on them, they'll go Fillopino... ;D

[Desertfox]

Exactly why I will be firing at them while they are still a nice safe 12 miles away...

[TexanCowboy]

*note to self: begin building in 8,000 ton scuttling charges into merchant marine ships*

Any firing on Romanian ships will be treated as an act of war.

[Sachmle]

July 5th

Official Brandenburg response to:

Official New Switzerland Announcement

Due to threats from the Italian Government, New Switzerland is instituting a 12 mile exclusion zone around its warships. Any ship or aircraft from a neutral nation entering said zone should clearly identify itself. Ships not identifying themselves will be treated as hostile and dealt with accordingly. Any submarine operating near Swiss warships is to surface and display its colors, any submarine remaining submerged will be considered hostile and dealt with accordingly.

Brandenburg ships, both merchant and warship will continue to fly the flag of the Reich. If this is insufficient for your identification purposes we know a nice ophthalmologist we can recommend. If you fire at a DKB vessel it will return fire if able. If you attack a DKB u-boot it will defend itself. We will not be responsible for your losses if you instigate the matter.

[Logi]

July 5th

Official Response from the Republic of China to:

Official New Switzerland Announcement

Due to threats from the Italian Government, New Switzerland is instituting a 12 mile exclusion zone around its warships. Any ship or aircraft from a neutral nation entering said zone should clearly identify itself. Ships not identifying themselves will be treated as hostile and dealt with accordingly. Any submarine operating near Swiss warships is to surface and display its colors, any submarine remaining submerged will be considered hostile and dealt with accordingly.

The Republic of China will remain it's stance of neutrality. Republican Ships will continue to fly the Blue Sky with a White Sun. Should any republican ship be attacked, it will be treated as an act of war and fire will be returned.

[Carthaginian]

July 5th

Official Response from the Republic of China to:

Official New Switzerland Announcement

Due to threats from the Italian Government, New Switzerland is instituting a 12 mile exclusion zone around its warships. Any ship or aircraft from a neutral nation entering said zone should clearly identify itself. Ships not identifying themselves will be treated as hostile and dealt with accordingly. Any submarine operating near Swiss warships is to surface and display its colors, any submarine remaining submerged will be considered hostile and dealt with accordingly.

The Republic of China will remain it's stance of neutrality. Republican Ships will continue to fly the Blue Sky with a White Sun. Should any republican ship be attacked, it will be treated as an act of war and fire will be returned.

"So, Robert... whatcha doin with all them longjohns?"

"Simple, Two Bears... I'm gonna 'accidentally' toss 'em in with the Colors next time we five 'em a cleaning. All that red will blend into the White an' all the sudden, we'll have a Republican Chinese flag at the masttop! No way the Swiss'll fire on us then!"

"Supposin' that they fire anyway?"

"Well, if they fire on a 'Chinese' vessel... that might bring a world of hurt on them- as if they need any more."

[Desertfox]

Well that is soooooo not a good idea. It's not like the Chinese can do anything to the Swiss that they are not already doing.

Only reason the Swiss don't declare war on them? Why waste shells on them and let them think that they deserve to be shot at by the Swiss?