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[Paladin58]

Meeting Room 1, undisclosed outer bunker
Cruik Fortress, Yuktobania
19:30 Yuktobanian Timezone

As the Prime Minister walked into the room, he was completely oblivious to the leading generals and admirals of his armed forces bickering at the table in front of him, with all of his conscience on the small videophone at his seat, which he began to sit in.
The phone rang.
He picked up the phone, while a small live connection camera connected at the other side of the call projected an imageonto a large viewing screen at the end of the room.
"Emperor Teitgen, I take it that you are doing well?"

[MSpencer]

"Not particularly well", the voice said over the videophone system. The aging former field marshal was rather pale, looking forward without very much emotion.
"Now I assume you wished me to get you in contact with my better generals, am I right?"

[Paladin58]

"Well, that is not a pleasing thing, to say the least. For being in Aesania, you would think that the healthcare is decent... Well, on to other matters. Yes, I would like to get in touch with the remnants of your fleet. Some of my advisors have found the perfect spearhead into mainland Atlantia. Cataan."

Edited by Nology5890, 19 October 2006 - 01:46 AM.

[MSpencer]

The older man contained his surprise with carefully accrued skill, clenching his jaw and tightly biting his cheek.
"What you are suggesting is not going to be easy... we are going to need serious assets to pull this off. I'm sure they have reinforced the island, and likely moved a significant aerial umbrella to a forward base, it's not going to be easy," he said, eyes narrowing as an aide in the background scurried out the door of the glass soundproofed conference room to get the men and women in "the pit" working on coordinating with Aesanian intelligence to track down elusive satellite photos and to begin active surveillance. The room was built up around a small collection of computer workstations with a large glass tabletop in the center, reminiscent of the planned Combat Coordination Centers planned for the next service enhancement project for the carriers of the fleet. Phones buzzed, as a motley collection of former and current intelligence officers and military personnel faxed urgent memos, called their counterparts in other governments, and began to make arrangements for contacting field agents.

[Paladin58]

"Well, as you are the emperor of Atlantia, and a very responsible military strategist to boot, you probably know your way around your own military installations, where they're flawed, and how we can exploit those flaws, correct?" said Titus with a grin, knowing that the likelihood of a national leader forgetting such things, especially Teitgen, were very slim. Even he, one of the youngest, if not the youngest national leader in this age, knew every nook and cranny of Cruik Fortress - but of course during his prolonged stay there over the past few weeks, he has had lots of time to explore.

[MSpencer]

"My advisors have told me that we have no more than six companies to contribute to any sizeable attack, mostly quickly trained infantrymen. Attacking this island is not going to be easy, five years ago the government placed heavy defenses along the bay and the outer shoreline. Any attack will encounter a fair amount of land based missile fire, and a fairly quick response from carrier aviation. I can tell you with some degree of pride that earlier this morning, our battlegroup encountered the fascist forces and sunk two destroyers, as well as heavily damaging the only remaining fleet carrier that they have. That being said, the last time you attacked that place, the air force was caught napping, and the navy was out to lunch. I don't think that will happen again, so you need lots of airpower and airborne troops," he said, summoning a small piece of paper from a folder to verify a number and quickly sign.
"And ignore the beaches, there are two and they are heavily defended. I landed there thirty years ago, they are nothing more than slaughter fields."

[Paladin58]

"I know that we have airpower only bested by the Belkans and Aesanians at this point, and an amphibious assault would be out of the equation anyway, as I have too few amphibious transports to commit to such a bloodbath. So, this will be a mainly airborne operation, from the sounds of it. With the usual setup your military installations ran in terms of air defense, what are we looking at now? If need be, I can consult with the Aesanian President on possible spy satellite flybys to infer into their defenses, if he could spare it."

Edited by Nology5890, 23 October 2006 - 03:50 AM.

[MSpencer]

"According to this latest data, two cruisers, six anti-air installations, twelve anti-ship installations, quadruple the garrison of before, an aircraft carrier, and land based fighters, along with an unknown number of submarines. But I'm sure we can fix that up a little, considering especially the report I have in my hand," he said, shifting away from the camera.
"Hours ago, our forces closed with and destroyed the majority of the enemy surface fleet in international waters off of the Belkan and Atlantian border. As of this moment, I believe I may say that this operation should not cause a great deal of trouble."

[Paladin58]

"Well, as my recent intelligence suggests, you just sunk one of their carriers, am I correct? That will significantly disable their ability to produce a CAP umbrella around the island, unless they plan to sacrifice tanker planes, if they have any functional?" started Titus, after a long pause lengthened by the reception of recent intel.

(OOC: Sorry, I had the worst writer's block ever.)