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[Shroom Man 777]

The Sovereign Shroomanian Sentinel
OPERATION SYNDROMIAN STRIKE



The mothership-submarine Yer Mom continues its constant surveillance mission near Syndromian waters by providing UCAV reconnaissance to Allied APCS forces. At the same time, Shroomanian forces also offer air support for any Allied operation. [OOC: Guys, I have a good pic of A-10s wasting some schmoes by the beachside!]

[Vanas]

((I'm off for the night, I'm afraid. Will see about launching forces tomorrow. Have fun, guys.))

The VNS Viscount en route to the base, has offered to act as 'home base' for the Republic's commandos until the fleet has been assembled, recon data has been received and APCS has given the go-ahead.

[PeZook]

((I'm off for the night, I'm afraid. Will see about launching forces tomorrow. Have fun, guys.))

The VNS Viscount en route to the base, has offered to act as 'home base' for the Republic's commandos until the fleet has been assembled, recon data has been received and APCS has given the go-ahead.

The Republic graciously accepts the offer. The helicopter will make a stop over on the RNV "Swiftsure" to refuel and pick up a liaison officer, and then proceed to the Viscount, where the GROM platoon can get a better look at the situation.

Both Republican frigates have been placed under control of the local Vanaheim commander for this operation.

[Civil War Man]

A frigate bearing the markings of the Lincolnian Union was recently seen in the waters west of Syndromia engaging in a patrol in force. The Lincolnian Prime Minister could not be reached for comment, though the Foreign Minister said that the patrol "was deemed necessary in order to maintain national security."

Though situated less than 200 miles away at its closest point, the Lincolnian Union did not get involved in the brief war that resulted in Syndromia's occupation by a coalition of forces from across the globe and, with the exception of a trade agreement with Zablonia, has generally seemed to avoid the international spotlight entirely.

The Lincolnian Union's stated purpose of the patrol was "concern over rumors that Syndromian rebels were attempting to acquire Lincolnian-made arms illegally."

[RogueIce]

BREAKING NEWS

The Shinra Republic Defense Ministry has issued the following press release:

Due to the terrorist actions against a member of the MESS by the Shadow Empire, a nation known to conduct such unilateral and aggressive acts without provocation, the DM has directed all forces be placed on Threat Condition Alpha, the highest level of Force Protection and Security. This is not a raise in the Defense Condition, which would mandate increased troop mobilization. Threat Condition Levels affect only security procedures with regard to military assets at home and abroad.

Military analysts speculate this announcement is in response to the President's public condemnation and statement regarding the Shadow Empire's terrorist actions. According to many, this is seen as only a prudent move by the Defense Ministry, as the Shadow Empire has been known to launch terrorist operations at only the slightest of provocations and ill-defined rumors in the past.

END REPORT

[DarthShady]

BREAKING NEWS

The Shinra Republic Defense Ministry has issued the following press release:

Due to the terrorist actions against a member of the MESS by the Shadow Empire, a nation known to conduct such unilateral and aggressive acts without provocation, the DM has directed all forces be placed on Threat Condition Alpha, the highest level of Force Protection and Security. This is not a raise in the Defense Condition, which would mandate increased troop mobilization. Threat Condition Levels affect only security procedures with regard to military assets at home and abroad.

Military analysts speculate this announcement is in response to the President's public condemnation and statement regarding the Shadow Empire's terrorist actions. According to many, this is seen as only a prudent move by the Defense Ministry, as the Shadow Empire has been known to launch terrorist operations at only the slightest of provocations and ill-defined rumors in the past.

END REPORT

Emperor Shady would like to personally assure The Shinra Republic that the Shadow Empire is not a threat to peace.

In other news, the Shinra Republic Navy has issued a press release stating that a carrier battlegroup has begun exercises in international waters some 65 miles off the Northeast coast of the Republic. They hasten to add that any proximity this OP AREA may have to the Shadow Empire is purely coincidental.

Due to this disturbing news, Emperor Shady has ordered the immediate withdrawal of all imperial forces from their peacekeeping mission in Syndromia.

The Shadow Empire would like to once again inform all nations of the world that its recent actions in the Mankan Republic were done for the greater good of all our people. The Emperor assures all nations of our great world that such actions will not happen again without the approval of the international community.

[K. A. Pital]

The Red Techocracy's forces are on high alert. The RTS "Ivan Danko" has left the naval base in Korolev and proceeded into the waters near the Republic of Vulpesia, accompanied by several pr.1155.1 Destroyers.

The official communique regarding this event:

We have been alerted by the rapidly escalating tension between the Shinra Republic and the Shadow Empire.

We remind all SD Nations that the Shadow Empire is a constituent of Fungal Axis, the lead nation of which has a twofold mutual cooperation treaty with the Red Techocracy.

We would also like to remind all nations that Vulpesia is now officially part of the O.M.S.K. and any military action spilling to Vulpesia due to a possible regional conflict will be treated as an agression against O.M.S.K. and acted upon.

The RTS "Ivan Danko" is sent with a mission of friendship to the harbors of Vulpesia, and does not pose any threat to any of the nations in the region.

[Zablorg]

The Republic of One shall respond to these issues accordingly once it's members have returned from their visit to the educational faucilty.

[Losonti Tokash]

Armed with the new data from Shroomania, the Representative has decreed that experimental cleanup crews be sent into the wastes in an attempt to restore several factories to a point where they can be used.

The Ministry of Foreign Nations releases the following photographs depicting these brave men at work.



They perform well for men who have received only minimal training on prototyped equipment. Several munitions and car plants are restored. Unfortunately, at the site designated as Chemical Factory #2B, disaster strikes.



The cause cannot be determined, though certain experts have postulated that it may be the result of static electricity discharge. As a result, cleanup crews are no longer allowed to wear socks at any time.

The aftermath, as viewed by a passing airplane:



Owing to their recent difficulties, the GPRDB requests aid from member nations of the FUNGAL AXIS in reclaiming their destroyed nation from this:



[Also, my country seems to have vanished from the world map.]

[Grand Moff Yenchin]

Mangka TV News Flash

President Y.J. Ma has stated in a press release emphasizing that there is no biological weapons program being carried out in the Republic of Mangka. He re-emphasized that the 3 facilities which suffered from an attack from the Shadow Empire are pharmaceutical plants affiliated to well known biomedical companies.

"These facilities have passed inspection by MESS officials earlier this year." Ma said. "What raises my concern is that we, being a rising nation in the biomedical industry are being suppressed for unknown reasons. Despite these considerations, we welcome examination of biological warfare from any international community."

President Ma also urged the Mangka based pharmaceutical as well as semiconductor companies to withdraw their products from the Shadow Empire. Experts are still estimating the results of such a withdrawal.

[DarthShady]

Shadow Empire official statement:

The Shadow Empire would like to congratulate it's Shroomanian allies on the success of OPERATION SYNDROMIAN STRIKE, and hopes that more victory's will soon be achieved against the Syndromian insurgents.

The Emperor is very glad that the sailors of the RTS "Gdynia" have been rescued, and is very happy that this crisis has been resolved.

Emperor Shady would like to say that the recent press release by Mangka officials is a rather strange one, because his spies assured him that those facility's were being used for the creation of biological weapons. The Emperor is puzzled by this and will investigate further.

[OOC:

The front page of most prominent newspaper in Shroomania, the Shroomanian Sentinel, features a picture of Prime Minister Shroom - upon hearing news of the Shadow Empire's covert strikes - exclaiming: "Damn!" Laughing

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[K. A. Pital]

TECHOCRATIA PRAVDA front page

RTS "Ivan Danko", the pride of the Technocratic Navy, enters Vulpesian waters.

The Secretary General and the Supreme Council are relieved to hear that the Republic of Mangka allows for weapon inspectors to arrive.

A plane carrying inspectors has been dispatched.

We would also inquire the Shadow Empire to publicly release at least some of it's intel which led to the strikes. We understand that intel is hard to obtain and it's also hard to public without blowing the undercover agents, but if any hints as to the nature of MangKa biological progamme could be released, those are welcome.

[@ all: on this small space, it makes sense to develop civilian aviation guys. Ships take a lot of time to work. Of course, for massive trade you'd still need freighters but plane passenger transport makes more sense... we just started up being more navally developed than aerially, but that should start to change]

[@ Losonti Tokash: no, Blastification is still there, orange, between Zoria and Blackladder ]

[Losonti Tokash]

[Odd...apparently my computer replaced the version that had my country on it with an older one, so it looked like it had disappeared.]

[RogueIce]

The Shinra Republic would like to assure the Red Technocracy that it has no hostile intentions against any member of the OMSK Pact. Further we would like to assure the Fungal Axis that we do not practice unilateral aggression. We appreciate the assurances of the Shadow Empire that such actions as has caused this tension will not occur in the future. However, given that such assurances have been made before and disregarded, we would ask for the Fungal Axis to try and quell the ambitions of one of its member states. We will not tolerate state-sponsored terrorism against our allies.

In other news, the Carrier Battle Group has been redeployed to the waters around the Republic of Mangka to participate in joint-MESS naval excersizes.

[DarthShady]

Shadow Empire announcement:

On request from the international community we shall reveal the following information on the recent operations of shadow spies in the Republic of Mangka:

Shadow spies had at first uncovered evidence of several facility's suspected of producing biological weapons.


Those facilities were then infiltrated by shadow operatives, who managed to take a picture of the operation.

After that, they managed to steal a microscopic picture of the suspected biological weapons.


In light of this evidence the emperor decided that action must be taken in order to prevent the use of these weapons against the international community. He now realizes that his rash actions were not the appropriate response to the situation, and that he should have alerted his allies and other nations of the threat.The Emperor is eagerly awaiting the results of the inspection sent to the Republic of Mangka, and hopes that this crisis can be resolved peacefully.

[Vohu Manah]

The only island I see southwest of Zablania is the Qudlivun Freestate, which as far as I know is not Lincolnian territory, unless they failed to inform the Lincolnian foreign ministry when petitioning for entry into the Union.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Qudlivun Free State has announced no such thing.

In addition, the Ministry of Defense has obtained parliamentary approval for the purchase of additional patrol craft as well as the possible purchase of a frigate or destroyer (pending a formal bidding process). Funding will be provided by a special appropriations bill. The decision hinged on the relative isolation of the Qudlivun Free State's claimed territory in regards to its neighbors and the need to be able to respond to vessels in distress near the isolated territory.

[K. A. Pital]

[@ Vohu Manah: I thought you'd be concerned about your position and that hulking Ba'ath Saddamistan Empire right beneath you - although so far Saddamistan is dormant ]

[Vohu Manah]

[@ Vohu Manah: I thought you'd be concerned about your position and that hulking Ba'ath Saddamistan Empire right beneath you - although so far Saddamistan is dormant ]

We remain decidedly neutral at this time but we aren't beneath discussion of the current situation. Besides, it would take a bit of effort for little gain if a party were desperate enough.

[Zor]

(OOC-We need more little guys here if you ask me, the map looks better with bays and straights loaded with Dutchys and principalities-OOC)

[K. A. Pital]

The latest power alliances. Renew if the MESS does not show

Observations by the RT Foreign Ministry:
1. MESS is the most powerful emerging bloc (Mega nation + 2 Large nations), with OMSK coming in second (Mega nation + Large nation + Micro Nation)

AI proposed course of action: pursue to enlarge other existing alliances to counter the M.E.S.S. becoming a dominant superpower alliance of SN World

2. FUNGAL AXIS is successful in uniting the most small states. It is also the third world power as of now (two Large Nations and many small ones)

AI proposed course of action: congratulate Shroomania on it's successful venture.

3. The LUN is the most territorially integrated small nation bloc - this is undoubtely important for things of both commerce and war.

That is all

[Simplicius]

The Prospect Courier-Herald

"SDS Aviation Systems announced the delivery of its first new-build P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft to the St. Georgian Air Force. The Air Force has established two new squadrons to operate its P-3s, and the Revenue Service plans to purchase as many as three of the aircraft in the next five years.

"SDS is also offering a 'stretched' or altered version of the P-3 airframe for use as a turboprop regional airliner. The product demonstrator, dubbed "Lulubelle," made its first flight last Tuesday. No domestic airlines have expressed interest in the SAS turboprop so far, possibly because of a recent aggressive push by the bush pilot lobby to limit the size of regional airports."


The Working Waterfront Weekly

"Gunfire was exchanged in the vicinity of Beal Island yesterday as fishing boat flotillas clashed over territory. The St. George Revenue Service reports that ten men and two minors were detained in the incident, and forty firearms confiscated. A Revenue Service spokesman stated that only two injuries were suffered as a result of the shooting, although several boats were damaged. The spokesman announced that Revenue Service patrols out to the economic exclusion zone would be increased, and random inspections of any fishing vessels in St. Georgian waters would commence."

[RogueIce]

((OOC: Let us not forget the MESS has more nations, they just don't have maps yet. And to that end, I present to you...))



The above map is of the Principality of Tongdijuana ((OOC: SPC Brungardt's nation)), a small nation just to the northwest of the Shinra Republic. It is roughly 35,000 sqkm. This release has been made on the behalf of the Principality by the Shinra Republic Information Ministry.

The dark gray area is the main urban core of Tongdijuana City, capital and sole city of the small island. The light gray area is the suburban fringes of the City. The rest of the island is composed of rural farmland and other "natural" terrain.

[Lonestar]

From the Front Page of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:



The Palo Duro Strike Group left the base at Corpus Christi today on a "goodwill" tour of M.E.S.S. member states. Before arriving at the Mangka Republic, Texan naval forces will be participating in CROSSHAIRS '08, a M.E.S.S.-wide naval exercise off the coast of the United Kingdom of Blackadder. CNO Saldana assured reportors at a press conference that the exercise is peaceful, and 'Were we to launch a pre-emptive strike we'd sure as Hell use more than one carrier group'.

International tensions are especially high, as several nations have deployed naval forces to the Central Sea, where most of the smaller nations are located. One Texan vessel, the L.R.S. Arlen is already in the area performing routine M.E.S.S. Maritime Interdiction Operations. Earlier this week several people who were citizens of the OMSK Pact were caught snooping around Midland Missile range, where the Lone Star government is allegedly drilling a 'Big ass hole' 300 km deep. The trespassers were deported to their home countries.

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Two F-16E's went screaming over the capital of Austin, while El Presidente Lonestar walked down the corridor to his office. Things had been particularly grim as late, and his relative isolation from other members of the M.E.S.S. was nerve-wracking. He'd just got finished interviewing with some smarmy PRAVDA reporter, who was entirely too big for her britches. Somethign would have to be done about the OMSK Pact, but what? Texas A&M was charging ahead with the nuclear weapons program, and they should have a device within 6 months, the limiting factor being fissile material not know-how.

The Palo Duro Strike Group was out on the CROSSHAIR'S '08 exercise, and every retard out there was reading it as a threatening gesture, as if 10 naval vessels(excluding the other M.E.S.S. involvement, the Shinra CVBG and Tian Xia CSG) would be able to attack and knock out Blackadder before the rest of the OMSK Pact stepped in.

Lonestar sat down at his desk, cracked the Holy Cooler, and opened a can of Alamo beer. Some days, being dictator wasn't worth it.

[Beowulf]

Forbidden City Times

LockMart announced the successful test of an air launched space booster, after the booster being dropped out of a An-124 first stage. Said booster was recovered after orbit, and is currently being refurbished for a second launch, predicted to take place within a day.

[RogueIce]

The Palo Duro Strike Group was out on the CROSSHAIR'S '08 exercise, and every retard out there was reading it as a threatening gesture, as if 10 naval vessels(excluding the other M.E.S.S. involvement, none of which included a CVN) would be able to attack Blackadder or Tianxia.

As a minor correction for El Preisdente, my CVBG is also particpating. So there are at least two CVNs.