Oneida
Established Nation
War Room
East Wing of the Aurarine Capitol
3:04 AM
1 hour after commencement of Operation: Firebird
The Generals rose as soon as the Chairman entered the war room.
“At least,” he said, taking his seat.
“Mr. Chairman, the forged documents are ready. We have detailed summaries of the agreement between Sikandara and Auraria as well as logs accounting for seven ships, totaling 600 people. This would have been the eighth ship,” General Menendez explained.
“Do we have Sikdandari citizens to make statements?” the Chairman asked.
“Yes sir, we have several prepared and ready to go,” Berta Ramirez, Commissar of the Interior, stated.
“I trust these documents and stories are solid, we cannot have mishaps,” the Chairman declared.
“I have complete trust in them,” Commissar Ramirez answered “Although I fear that even with them, we’ll never win over the international community.”
“We’ll never win over the international community regardless,” Commissar Palomo of Foreign Affairs said “This is for our own purposes. Now we have justification to increase a military presence without seeming unnecessarily provocative.”
“And the ship?” the Chairman asked.
The General rose and moved to a map on the wall. The map had several pins and writing everywhere across Sikandara, showing places for Auraria to establish beachheads, weaknesses in defense, should it come to that. The map also showed prospective strongpoints of the communist rebels as well as areas that may be sympathetic to the cause. Military installations and factories were highlighted in some detail, but by no means comprehensively. Aurarine Intelligence was by no stretch of the word confident in Sikandaran military ability.
“The ship left shore here,” he said pointing on the map “the location coincides with agreed upon departure points in the forged documents. The ship was carrying several Aurarine operatives and around thirty Sikandaran citizens. After minimal safe distance was achieved – that is an area where we believed Sikandara could not respond fast enough to compromise the mission – our submarines fired upon the vessel.”
“And the operatives?” Santana asked.
“No loose ends,” the General replied “A tragic training exercise. Their families will be compensated for their loss.”
“No,” Santana replied “if news releases of a flopped training exercise resulting in the deaths of several highly trained Aurarine soldiers immediately after something like this hits the air waves, we’ll have a crisis. Think of something else.”
The general nodded.
“The likelihood of a revolution taking ground in Sikandara is small, near nonexistent. However, our ground efforts will reveal valuable information about Sikandari military capability, which fills the holes we currently have,” the general continued.
“What of the embassy?” Palomo asked.
“Lock it down. No one enters, no one leaves. Tap into all communications in the building, I don’t care if they’re talking about fucking an intern – I want it – I want all of it,” Santana ordered “if the measures prove ineffective, shut the place down, cut off its power, do what is necessary.”
“You know,” Palomo spoke “the Sikandari, they know they did not do this. In the future, there will be no cooperation, we are risking a war, one we may not be able to win.”
“We need to know what Sikandara is capable of, this is how we do it. A war would be disastrous for us both. They are far enough away that a large movement of troops would be costly and dangerous. We most focus our efforts on stirring rebellion. The Sikandari must believe their government would kill its own people, we must ensure they believe it,” Santana replied.
“Besides, Commissar Palomo,” Commissar Ramirez began “So long as a capitalist nation stands, there is no such thing as peace.”
The room nodded.
[MENTION=635]Sikandara[/MENTION]
East Wing of the Aurarine Capitol
3:04 AM
1 hour after commencement of Operation: Firebird
The Generals rose as soon as the Chairman entered the war room.
“At least,” he said, taking his seat.
“Mr. Chairman, the forged documents are ready. We have detailed summaries of the agreement between Sikandara and Auraria as well as logs accounting for seven ships, totaling 600 people. This would have been the eighth ship,” General Menendez explained.
“Do we have Sikdandari citizens to make statements?” the Chairman asked.
“Yes sir, we have several prepared and ready to go,” Berta Ramirez, Commissar of the Interior, stated.
“I trust these documents and stories are solid, we cannot have mishaps,” the Chairman declared.
“I have complete trust in them,” Commissar Ramirez answered “Although I fear that even with them, we’ll never win over the international community.”
“We’ll never win over the international community regardless,” Commissar Palomo of Foreign Affairs said “This is for our own purposes. Now we have justification to increase a military presence without seeming unnecessarily provocative.”
“And the ship?” the Chairman asked.
The General rose and moved to a map on the wall. The map had several pins and writing everywhere across Sikandara, showing places for Auraria to establish beachheads, weaknesses in defense, should it come to that. The map also showed prospective strongpoints of the communist rebels as well as areas that may be sympathetic to the cause. Military installations and factories were highlighted in some detail, but by no means comprehensively. Aurarine Intelligence was by no stretch of the word confident in Sikandaran military ability.
“The ship left shore here,” he said pointing on the map “the location coincides with agreed upon departure points in the forged documents. The ship was carrying several Aurarine operatives and around thirty Sikandaran citizens. After minimal safe distance was achieved – that is an area where we believed Sikandara could not respond fast enough to compromise the mission – our submarines fired upon the vessel.”
“And the operatives?” Santana asked.
“No loose ends,” the General replied “A tragic training exercise. Their families will be compensated for their loss.”
“No,” Santana replied “if news releases of a flopped training exercise resulting in the deaths of several highly trained Aurarine soldiers immediately after something like this hits the air waves, we’ll have a crisis. Think of something else.”
The general nodded.
“The likelihood of a revolution taking ground in Sikandara is small, near nonexistent. However, our ground efforts will reveal valuable information about Sikandari military capability, which fills the holes we currently have,” the general continued.
“What of the embassy?” Palomo asked.
“Lock it down. No one enters, no one leaves. Tap into all communications in the building, I don’t care if they’re talking about fucking an intern – I want it – I want all of it,” Santana ordered “if the measures prove ineffective, shut the place down, cut off its power, do what is necessary.”
“You know,” Palomo spoke “the Sikandari, they know they did not do this. In the future, there will be no cooperation, we are risking a war, one we may not be able to win.”
“We need to know what Sikandara is capable of, this is how we do it. A war would be disastrous for us both. They are far enough away that a large movement of troops would be costly and dangerous. We most focus our efforts on stirring rebellion. The Sikandari must believe their government would kill its own people, we must ensure they believe it,” Santana replied.
“Besides, Commissar Palomo,” Commissar Ramirez began “So long as a capitalist nation stands, there is no such thing as peace.”
The room nodded.
[MENTION=635]Sikandara[/MENTION]