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[Nero]

2 things.

 

I'm an alien, what do I care about humans getting shot full of flak.

I could shoot flak regularly, and send up lots of weather balloons for interception. :)

 

Imagine the results Arch would post:

 

"Doom's hypersonic jets swooped into position, unnoticed. Suddenly, weather balloons were upon them! One, two, three, four jets were incapacitated by weather balloon material stuck in their exhaust. The remaining jets flee the scene, eager to escape the bloodbath that the weather balloons were sure to bring"

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And besides, bombing civilians is probably one of the stupidest strategic decisions ever, since all it does is get your enemies citizens more pissed off at you, and more willing to serve in the army to fight against you.

 

Or if your name is Doom you can bomb your own civilians....

[Nero]

And besides, bombing civilians is probably one of the stupidest strategic decisions ever, since all it does is get your enemies citizens more pissed off at you, and more willing to serve in the army to fight against you.

 

Or if your name is Doom you can bomb your own civilians....

True enough. All war is based on deception.

[Retech]

Except for the American War of Independance, where Britain just marched up there and kicked butt.

 

Why did they have to surrender? They had it in the bag! They just needed to be more brutal...

[Wisp]

And besides, bombing civilians is probably one of the stupidest strategic decisions ever, since all it does is get your enemies citizens more pissed off at you, and more willing to serve in the army to fight against you.

 

Or if your name is Doom you can bomb your own civilians....

True enough. All war is based on deception.

"Although the demolition had been planned for some time, according to the crew chief, the fireworks and music was definitely not on the schedule"

 

I did the math, in the time it would take the laser to reach the plane, the plane would move one foot. That's if the laser is going at the speed of light, by the way.

[Seraphi]

I see what you did there.

[The Dark Lord]

Except for the American War of Independance, where Britain just marched up there and kicked butt.

 

Why did they have to surrender? They had it in the bag! They just needed to be more brutal...

 

The French were being [bleep]s.

[Grim_]

Easy solution. Goalkeeper ARC cannons. Counter something that goes half speed of light with something that goes at the speed of light.

Production begins now, so there'll be a good few thousand of them in use in a few years, until then, guess you have to rely on flak and such.

Don't see how those will really help. They would actually be way less effective than flak.

 

First, they have to recognize there is a threat. With advanced radar it would still be impossible to detect these coming from a distance. Even with a speed of light attack would be almost impossible.Flak is decent just because it's denying areas where the planes can fly.

 

Oh, and also, grim, your stealth planes suck. Why? The planes take a friggin long time to speed up. Stealth planes can really only go so fast. So your stuck with an unstealthed plane flying away really slowly for the five or so minutes till they get up to a decent speed.

Fine all of the newly created bombers are un stealthed and I am working on retooling the stealthed ones.

[Retech]

I will still shoot them down with hails of flak if you attack me. Let's estimate the losses:

 

Lots of your planes

 

compared to

 

Few deaths and many human civilian deaths that I don't care about

 

 

Hehe

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Round Report, I will be on for half an hour to discuss fallout.

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The frankly laughable attempt to invade Sri Lanka with 500,000 Spartan Troops by Malaysia has shocked many serious academics. Merely being better than the next man does not give you the power to crawl up a beach, and then kill three of the next best men! Even if you have run a bombing campaign there first. The deaths of the 500,000 Spartans is a grim reminder that sheer foolhardy resolve is not indomitable against the might of Terran Skill. Only 150,000 of our brave boys were killed in the assault which has left Malaysia as a third rate nation.

 

After last years minor defeat in Turkey the foolish Brazilians thought that they were safe... Well today we PROVED them wrong. 5 Million of our best drones rolled over their pathetic 100,000 man defence, their general surrendering before a single shot could be fired. Our forces proceeded to steam roll across Turkey, dominating the whole area. Plans are already under way for landings in Cyprus and Greece, will this bring Bulgaria into the war? In this reporters opinion who wouldn't want to get in on this chance of a life time!

 

Our forces in Scandinavia have attacked but could not shift the stone cold hearts of Britannia from glorious Sweden. 200,000 of our brave boys charged but none returned but claimed the lives of 150,000 of their heartless souls. In the south though things took a very different turn. Six million of our boys crushed upon the shores of south Sweden and only a megear 800,000 came out to meet us, who were quickly dispatched at a cost of 700,000 of our boys, but this small sacrifice quickly brought returns as our brothers in Germania dispatched yet more aid, with 12 million fully armed troops making the final push north, defeating the rest of the 450,000 defenders with only 350,000 lost. Our great force of near 18 million now turns its liberating spirit on Russia, can they do the same there? You bet they can!

 

To Arms Attack On The Czardom!!!

Germania has dispatched two small provinces on their borders. We only have early reports but it appears that these 'neighbours' have no care for their Russia counterparts. While mayors welcomed them with open arms the filthy Germanics looted and pillaged. We shall perhaps never know how many souls were murdered in this brutal attack.

Brothers Welcome Aid

The Terran Democracy has liberated two provinces from the heel of Britannia oppression. Our troops, though small in number, took this two provinces without fire being welcomed in by the establishment. We hope that all conflicts can be resolved in this way but we fear that Britannia does not share our view.

 

PARIS IN FLAMES!!!!

'Stop the presses!' I shouted as I ran from my telephone. I had just been told that Paris was burning, and unlike the propaganda they want us to believe it was not Britain's fault at all!! Brazil ordered the bombing of the Eiffel Tower, France's enduring monument to the ages! When asked for comment Brazilian officials are claimed to have said 'Well, if it helps the public opinion thing we can always replace it with something else. I do have a ton of gold, silver, and diamonds still stockpiled.' UNBELIEVABLE! What is worse is what Brazil's leader said in private'"Although the demolition had been planned for some time, according to the crew, the fireworks and music was definitely not on the schedule" Orleans I implore you, rise up against the oppressors, embrace our British Protectors!

Britain is no better than Brazil, only Germany understands us, they would never have destroyed the tower, no matter what the cost they would have protected our heritage! We beseech you break off alliances with Brazil, lead us not into destruction but into the light!

Brazil only did what was required, other than sacrificing millions upon millions of soldiers there was no other way to liberate Paris!

'They have made it a Wasteland and called it Peace!' 3.2 million Germanic troops liberated Paris earlier today only to hear this shouted as they paraded though the streets. According to official reports two HISF bombers, armed with the most destructive bombs that can be carried, were ordered to destroy the tower if it threatened the advance. Sure enough as Germanic troops advance a great bolt shot though the air incinerating 400,000 Germanic troops. The Britannic Drones had not even moved from the Tower, this, though, was their fatal mistake. The tower was brought to capacity as the two bombers flew in, launching the bolt at the first one, rendering it helpless as it sailed from the air, its bomb armed as it crashed into Paris, killing thousands. The other bomber took no chances and dived into the tower's base, incinerating almost 2 million Drones and bringing the tower crashing down in a torrent of molten metal which has solidified with people, drones and animals half encased inside, as some grizzly memorial to these events. The Drones scattered, their chips fried by the Tower's discharge which became uncontrollable after it's destruction. Self diagnostics quickly solved this problems but not before they had spread into five different provinces of France. If this was not all Some French people now welcome the British as the only nation willing to stand up to Brazil. Others turn to Germania, their past overlord...Very few still support the Brazilian Empire and this has plunged France into Civil War, at the same time has made many other European nations scared of the American protectors.

 

600,000 Brazilian-Terran forces in Somalia surrender after Government leaves them without food. The prisoners have been stripped of their armour and escorted to an undisclosed location. Britannia officials have hinted that they may be willing to exchange some few prisoners for those who were captured last year.

 

A Titanic clash of wills has occurred in Central Africa. 1 million Drones, 4 million infantry men, made up from Holy Empire and we believe Indian divisions, escorted by well over 200,000 tanks have crashed into the 3.9 Million strong African defensive line. The line, which extends from north to south, is an effective barrier to all invasion, except this one. After days of fighting the African defences withdrew, allowing a force of 2 million though, escorted by 100,000 drones and less than 10,000 tanks. On reaching the other side of the narrow divide another force of 2 million troops this time hampered all progress. The battle weary soldiers fought strongly but it was touch and go the whole way though before eventually they were forced to begin their retreat, all 260,000 survivors. Only to find that they had been enveloped by Brazilian-Germanic forces. In a last ditch effort the survivors abandoned their gear and began the hike north, eventually reaching the Mediterranean. At which point they swam around the defensive zone and returned to Egypt. The 120,000 survivors have become national heroes for their bravery. But will this offset the loss of all that, relatively, undamaged equipment?

 

King John RUSHS To Aid Stricken Ally

A massive counter attack has begun in South Africa after the terrible involvement of Kamino in what was not ITS war. Over 2 million troops fought their way though South Africa, including a devilish trap designed specifically to destroy Drones. As the attack progressed plans were discovered for a small incursion north which enraged Britannia commanders who though that they were worth far more than the 500,000 troops sent to meet them. Indeed only 130,000 troops were in defence of the whole area. Without malice or hate all 630,000 troops were executed at the expense of 900,000 Britannic troops.

 

KAMINO INVADED!

A massive thrust of 7 million troops, from both south and north caught Kamino defenders completely off guard as 1.5 million troops were rounded up. Shortly after the initial invasion an abortive citizen's uprising of 6 million was crushed, while another 9 million demonstrated peacefully. In total Brazilian lost 4.3 million soldiers, captured 1.5 and destroyed 6 million civilians.

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Summery:

 

Brazil AND Germania- 9.86 Million

Britannia- 6.29 Million AND 210,000 Tanks

Holy Empire- 2 Million

Malaysia- 500,000 AND 1,000 Tanks

Kamino- 7.5 Million

 

Map

http://www.esnips.com/doc/217e640d-9963-471f-b67b-23e616f69360/Lands7

[The_Mather1]

And besides, bombing civilians is probably one of the stupidest strategic decisions ever, since all it does is get your enemies citizens more pissed off at you, and more willing to serve in the army to fight against you.

 

Or if your name is Doom you can bomb your own civilians....

True enough. All war is based on deception.

"Although the demolition had been planned for some time, according to the crew, the fireworks and music was definitely not on the schedule"

 

I did the math, in the time it would take the laser to reach the plane, the plane would move one foot. That's if the laser is going at the speed of light, by the way.

Aren't lasers just light amplified by radiation or something like that?

Yes, the word laser is actually an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

[Seraphi]

Can I not just program the lasers to compensate then? having scanners covering a 500 km radius would allow for targeting time and such.

[ThurinEthir]

Why are Taiwan and a bunch of Pacific islands Kazakhia's color? They should be the same color as Nepal and Bhutan. The navy blue (because I have an awesome navy, of course), rather than that bright turquoise.

Just thought I'd mention it again. For next time, unless you want to do it now. I would do it myself, but I'd probably mess up. Somehow.

The ships that were blockading Bangladesh are now simply patrolling the Bay of Bengal.

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If you wanted to be incredibly intelligent you would just build point defense lasers on satellites and then hover them over your land. That way you could see the planes from miles away, you can shoot them from miles away so no bombs falling on your cities/ships by accident and finally planes have to fly very low to avoid them, thus your arc or flak or barrage nets have a much nearer target to destroy.

 

The other option is to stick a laser on a hypersonic engine and fire that at your enemy. Or better yet limpets which can stick onto the plane so that when it lands it can explode, destroying other planes too.

[Nero]

Yay, Sveeeden!

[archimage_a]

Just thought I'd mention it again. For next time, unless you want to do it now. I would do it myself, but I'd probably mess up. Somehow.

The ships that were blockading Bangladesh are now simply patrolling the Bay of Bengal.

 

Sorry, I have to work on the same map twice, so I update the one I put all the figures on and not the new blank one....

[Retech]

Seems that Brazil has been hit pretty hard this turn, with the disintegration of France into civil war.

[Nero]

Seems that Brazil has been hit pretty hard this turn, with the disintegration of France into civil war.

I assume most of it will return to Germania, considering France was part of the Federation for around 60-70 years. Hm.

 

Germania update:

Working on Sweedenizing the Sweeden military, to reduce the impact that a foreign nation holding land would hold. I think I have it pretty well here, considering Germania's religion (norse-paganism) will be accepted pretty readily (considering it was a religion that originated in Scandinavia). Preference is given to guard duties to norse-pagans, since there would have been residual religious effect of Sweeden being surrounded by pagan states (former TFed & Norway).

 

600,000 Brazilian-Terran forces in Somalia surrender after Government leaves them without food. The prisoners have been stripped of their armour and escorted to an undisclosed location. Britannia officials have hinted that they may be willing to exchange some few prisoners for those who were captured last year.

Not really sure why the 600k troops would surrender without a fight. If they had no food they'd just suicide charge, as they were Terran's after all :grin:

 

I have a feeling the next round is going to be pretty interesting.

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Feeling low after their countrymen abandoned them maybe? Not even a

'Sorry old chap,

Would love to help but Sweden has lots of chocolate.

Everything short of help,

Terran Empire'

 

 

Also Christianity originated in the Middle East, doesn't mean they like it.

[Nero]

Feeling low after their countrymen abandoned them maybe? Not even a

'Sorry old chap,

Would love to help but Sweden has lots of chocolate.

Everything short of help,

Terran Empire'

 

 

Also Christianity originated in the Middle East, doesn't mean they like it.

I told them to fight to the death :(

[Retech]

Lolz.

 

I'm still having trouble understanding how a planet buster is not a superweapon.

[Wisp]

Just putting this out there, if 2 million soulless robots invaded a city, turned the most beloved monument in france into a terrible death machine, I doubt they would be all too psyched about. Plus, HISF pilots wouldn't have incredibly strong bombs, or would be able to incinerate 2 million drones by crashing. Knocking down an old tower is not too difficult.

[Nero]

Lolz.

 

I'm still having trouble understanding how a planet buster is not a superweapon.

Because they're fragile things that can't just be dropped from orbit and have someone say "So long Planet!", it has to be placed carefully, calibrated, then detonated. Nevermind transporting the things, since they need special containers and all that jazz.

[Wisp]

Oh, and for the record, all Kaminoan citizens in the land we captured are being transported unharmed to Madagascar.

 

Dusty, get on IRC

[Retech]

So you're stating that a planet buster must be carefully landed on a planet, set up by skilled engineers, and denonated?