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Pirates Patrol Eastern Waters

Posted: Apr 27 2005, 04:10 AM

Meanwhile in Luciaria, Latao

The gossip and reports, that these pirates obviously reached south-west Oceania and therefore Latin waters caused big bedevillment and helplessness in the NEC, as Latao never experienced a situation like this.

Basic questions quickly came up: What do they want ? Are they armed ? Do they disturb anything or threat anyone ?

Especially one report, saying these pirates like Latao because of the lack of tax duties caused big perplexity.

Should we consider them 'business men" ?
The NEC-members think that it's probably best if we start to collect more information on their intentions. As long they are not braking the law they could theoretically reside in Latin waters or territory. But in that case they must register with the Department of Migration to get legal visas. They can however also open bank accounts and deposit "trading profits" as the Latin financial place is pretty much protected by privacy laws and our banks are considered highly secure and close-lipped.

Latao

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Posted: Apr 27 2005, 07:13 AM

Admiral Kien slowly repeated the transmission he had just heard. He had been going through the back channels for days, trying to find a new opportunity to advance his pirate facade further. This transmission had not been what he expected, and he took a moment to ponder on the events that were unraveling.

It had been a transmission on a rarely used communication channel. The pirate fleet was in need of assistance, and was apparently contacting allies throughout the region.

This could be our chance, he thought, we can get Lamoni command even more befuddled by jumping in.

He relayed the message to the other three ships. He repeated the coordinates he had committed to memory, and began to change the course. By aiding the REAL pirates in their rendezvous with the Lamoni carrier, we can get Lamoni to think the problem is bigger than they realize. That should keep them out of internation affairs a little longer...

He ordered the torpedos to be readied.

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Posted: Apr 27 2005, 08:00 AM

"Damn the torpedoes, or gives me death, y'arr!"

Tulkuddin was really into character now. He'd nearly gone into the theatre before the sea had called to him.

"Torpedo tubes ready, Cap'n," Tulkuddin waited a few moments, "Admiral, sorry."

He 'y'arred' dejectedly. 'Cap'n' sounded so much better in a pirate accent. Whatever accent he would use, however, would still send the Lamonian Cruiser to the bottom of the deep. Davey Jones' Locker, here we come.

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Posted: Apr 27 2005, 05:06 PM

Seeing lots of ships suddenly converging on their position, the captain of the FRLS Zeus did the only thing that made sense. He called battle stations and fired off a message to the Lamonian naval command that requested backup. The problem was that Captain Zimmler couldn't fire until either fired upon, or a ship or ships had been positively ID'd as pirates. Still, he ordered that the Nixie anti-torpedo decoys ( Nixie ) be streamed, so that the ship might survive when help arrived. The 5 inch gun turrets were moving around to show that they were ready to sink any enemies, and the anti-ship missles were made ready.

When Lamonian Naval Command got the message from the FRLS Zeus, five more cruisers were sent racing for the location of the suspected pirate fleet.

Lamoni

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Posted: Apr 27 2005, 05:43 PM

"They sent out a message," Tulkuddin yelled, forgetting his pirate accent for a moment,

"Jam it?" the Admiral asked, only as an instinctive reaction

"No time, " Tulkuddin answered, confirming the Admiral's fears, "they already sent it. No hostile action so far."

"Matey." he added as an afterthought.

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Posted: Apr 27 2005, 07:20 PM

Several rocket-pod outfitted yachts raced forwards toward the cruiser, launching a salvo of rockets and missiles at the Lamonian ship, only to erupt in a shower of splinters and water shortly after, their hulls not designed for battle.

Patrol boats skimmed around in circles, firing their .50 caliber chainguns; several PT boats were upgraded with torpedo launchers, those that were fired their guided munitions only to see them detonate far from their intended target. Acoustic decoy systems sure were a pain.

Some of the larger pirate ships launched small speedboats to attempt to board the cruiser. Bits of blood and flesh sprayed the side of the Lamonian ship's hull as its CIWSs came on-line and blasted the would-be boarders straight to hell.

Other pirate captains were smarter, staying a considerable distance away from the cruiser and having their crew fire RPGs at the ship.

However, every captain in the fleet knew that if they weren't quick, Lamonian and AORDO reinforcements would arrive very soon.

Nova Roma

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Posted: Apr 28 2005, 12:52 AM

The ships in the Falcanian Blockade reformed. The wall was now impenetrable.

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Posted: Apr 28 2005, 04:28 PM

Watching the results of the pirates being blasted to hell, Captain Zimmler decided that maybe they could survive this one after all. They had recieved word that five more cruisers were on their way to reinforce him, so the FRLS Zeus just had to survive on it's own until then. The ship rocked as another group of RPG's hit, widening the holes made by the few rockets that had been fired. The captain had already ordered that the crew report to the ship's armory in shifts, so that they could get weapons in case the pirates tried a boarding action. They even had powerful scuttling charges in case it looked like the pirates would gain control of the ship, but only the captain could arm them.

Meanwhile, the cruisers were running at flank speed toward the reported datum, hoping to be able to reach the FRLS Zeus before it was too late.

Lamoni

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Posted: Apr 29 2005, 11:41 PM

"All right Admiral, what's going on here?"

"Madame Vice President, our intelligence was picking up Doujinishi fleets approaching our sector in Atlantian Oceania."

"They were authorised by the President to be there."

"I'm aware of that, Madame Vice President, but that wasn't your ordinary little task force. That was a fleet that was big enough to form a blockade on somebody."

"C'mon Ben, the last thing I need from a Sarzonian admiral is someone who's skittish over Doujin's presence. You and your crews are going to face courts martial when you return to port."

"I'll accept that fate," Newman said, drawing a surprised reaction from Vice President for Naval Operations Kathy Bunhall. "Our assessment of the Doujinishi fleet proved to be accurate."

"How so," Bunhall said with a curt tone that suggested she didn't care what Newman found.

"Intel reports indicated that the ships carried 200,000 troops in total."

"Two hundred thousand," Bunhall said with a gasp. She may have been over eager to accept the Doujinishi presencec in Sarzonia's neighbourhood, but she was no fool.

"That's a lot more than they'd ever need to deal with some pirates."

"Exactly, Madame Vice President."

"I suppose I should let you know something," Bunhall said. "Doujin left the region after we did. Their fleets went with them. Now you can go back to chasing pirates. But you'll still have the courts martial to contend with. Though I think you'll have a much stronger case for extenuating circumstances than you did a few minutes ago."

"Understood."

"Bunhall out."

"All right men. Change of plans. We're going to split up into task forces to go after these pirates. I want full aircraft escorts on all task forces. If you find anything, use your judgement and go after them. Understood?"

"Aye sir!"

Newman sat down in the command chair and thought about things for a moment. He didn't relish the idea of going on a wild goose chase but it was better than facing an old enemy.

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Posted: Apr 30 2005, 03:54 PM

The Lamonian cruisers had finally gotten to where they could make out the FRLS Zeus on RADAR. The leader of the five cruiser task force; Rear Admiral Blighton, directed that a encrypted text message be sent to the FRLS Zeus, telling them that the task force was on it's way and could see them on RADAR.

Meanwhile, Task Force 24 had been recalled to Lamonian waters, and was already going past South Ossetia.