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| Fun and Games in the Arabian Sea; Sistani Naval Exercises | |
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| Topic Started: Dec 12 2005, 04:11 AM (205 Views) | |
| Sistan | Dec 12 2005, 04:11 AM Post #1 |
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-Sistani National News- Just weeks after the navy produced one of the greatest naval victories in history during an encounter with rebel Scythiran and hostile New Harumfian fleets, the navy has comissioned it's newest heavy cruiser. Second ship of the Cascade class, she was christened PNS Zard Kuh last month. At the ceremony today, it was announced that her commanding officer is Captain Ozhan Bahramzadah. According to a press release from Iranshahr, the Zard Kuh and the other twenty eight ships comissioned in the past few weeks will be departing Chabahar in the morning for sea trials in the Arabian Sea. |
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| The Socialist Sheikdom of Egyria | Dec 12 2005, 10:01 AM Post #2 |
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OOC: One of the greatest naval victories in history? :rolleyes: OK... IC: "Egyria recognizes that Sistan has a right to military exercises, including naval operations, in this region. However, Egyria requests that it be allowed to send an observer to monitor the sea trials." -Chief Ambassador Omar ibn Zaid, Egyrian Minister of Diplomacy |
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| New Harumf | Dec 12 2005, 10:22 AM Post #3 |
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...and he's germ proof too!! |
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| Catholic Europe | Dec 12 2005, 11:37 AM Post #4 |
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LOL! |
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| Sistan | Dec 12 2005, 12:16 PM Post #5 |
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OOC: That's journalism for you. However, in terms of damage dealt versus damage taken, the Battle of Hormuz ranks with the battles of Trafalgar, Tsushima, Surigao Strait, Pearl Harbor, and the American attack against Yamato and her escorts during Operation Ten-Go. IC:
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No, just idiot proof. Spraying bacteria at a ship will be about as effective as sneasing on a car with regards to infecting those inside. |
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| The Socialist Sheikdom of Egyria | Dec 12 2005, 01:06 PM Post #6 |
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OOC: Heh, Egyria will do one better than that. They've just commissioned a fifth superbattleship* (the Indestructible), along with ten smaller "regular" battleships, and they'll conduct their own sea trials in the Arabian Sea as well. *Egyria has 5 superbattleships - the largest in their class in the world and one supercarrier - the largest ship in the world period - in case you didn't know Sistan. |
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| Sistan | Dec 12 2005, 01:37 PM Post #7 |
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You just wait until I get around to designing and building a proper battleship. (For a reference point, the Cascade class, of which the Sistan and Zard Kuh are part, weigh in at about 39,000 tons. Bismarck was about 42,000 and Yamato came in at 72,000. The Sistan and her sisters are more or less battleships in their own rights.) I've already decided that the future Ishtar class battleship will have a main battery of twelve 24" guns in four turrets, and will have armor in excess of two feet. I'll definitely be needing a very deep port for that beast. However, I've seen your carrier's displacement, and it's not even close to the largest in the world. It's only 10,000 tons heavier than the Nimitz, and is some 540,000 tons lighter than the real largest ship in the world, Knock Nevis (Formerly Jahre Viking) I really would advise against having anything in the area though. In addition to gunnery practice on drone aircraft and target ships, the group of ships will split up and conduct combat exersises using special Simunitions-like shells and torpedos that explode with paint and probably won't damage the ships unless they hit the rigging, bridge, or electronics equipment. It's almost assured that the shells would kill a human if they hit, however. |
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| New Harumf | Dec 12 2005, 02:49 PM Post #8 |
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How could anyone get hit? They are all inside the ship protecting themselves from airbourne germs. Sailors never are on deck, especially when at battle stations like, say, in a war. |
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| Sistan | Dec 12 2005, 11:39 PM Post #9 |
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The small fleet of twenty nine brand new ships had left the harbor before the sun was even beginning to light the sky in the east. A northeasterly wind was blowing at twelve knots, making the chilly fifty one degree temperature feel even colder for the men working on deck. In the sky, the waxing moon illuminated the sea, it's efforts only slightly hampered by the haze that clung to the water like a blanket. Three hours after the lights of Chabahar began to fade, the light of the sun began to make an appearance on the eastern horizon. At about noon, signal flags began to rise in the Zard Kuh's rigging. Boats began to lower from each of the other ships as the fleet slowed to ten knots. One by one, the boats moored themselves to the side of the cruiser, and one by one the captains of the fleet boarded Zard Kuh to meet with Captain Bahramzadah. |
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| The Socialist Sheikdom of Egyria | Dec 14 2005, 09:41 PM Post #10 |
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Suddenly battle horns over massive loudspeakers blared out across the waters. Posted Image Ten new Egyrian battleships sailed into the scene. They were a magnificent sight, but they were dwarfed by the massive superbattleship Indestructible they encircled in a ring. Posted Image The Egyrian national anthem then began to roar out of the loudspeakers. It was answered in kind by the Sistani fleet. After a short "Battle of the Bands," the fleets separated so that they might have more space to begin conducting their operations. A small Mi-8 "Hip" helicopter flew over to the Sistani fleet's positions, so that they might watch their movements. For Egyria, these were mostly just sea trials to make sure the new ships functioned properly, so there was little espionage opportunity for the Sistanis - who themselves probably wouldn't engage in any top-secret manuevers in front of the Egyrian observers. It was an excellent opportunity for Egyria to test new equipment and show off to Sistan... ...and, with luck, perhaps gain a bit of trust with the Sistani government, and then by extension with the Scythirian, which was now at war with Egyria's ally Wadj. |
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| Sistan | Dec 14 2005, 10:52 PM Post #11 |
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"Conn, Sonar. Sonar contacts bearing one-ninety. Sounds like four large five bladed screws each. I'm reading eleven sets." "Can you pick the classes out of the noise?" "I'll need a few minutes." "Do it. Helm, surface the boat." "Surface the boat!" "Surfacing the boat!" The submarine tilted aft as her dive planes angled upwards and high pressure air forced the water from the ballast tanks. The submarine S-33 and three of her sisters had followed the fleet from Chabahar, silently screening the ships from enemy subs. At a leisurely six knots, the submarine's sail pierced the waves. Her deck followed shortly after. A hundred yards to port, the men on the deck of the Zard Kuh were noticably surprised to see her. As water rushed out of assorted drains along the base of the sail, a lieutenant popped a hatch just foreward of the periscope and climbed out. With a signal lamp, he explained the situation to the captains gathered on the admiral's bridge of the cruiser. The skippers debated their options for a minute before sending their reply. They would continue the operations unabated. As S-33 slipped below the sea once again, the captains of the various boats returned to their craft. A few minutes later, pings reverberated through the water, actively tracking the Egyrian ships. As the Egyrian vessels were entering visual range, the anti-aircraft-artillery practice began. Coming from NAS Chabahar, the target drones were programmed to attack in waves, simulating torpedo, missile, and bombing runs. At first, the new crews and newer equipment were slow to down the drones. However, as the minutes passed, the gunners seemed to be getting a hang of it. Some twenty minutes after the Zard Kuh's twelve inch guns signaled the start of the excersise, the six inch guns from the San Diego class anti-aircraft destroyer Bahr Yussef signaled the end, the last drone of the first wave spiraling into the sea, streaming fire and black smoke as it fell. The Egyrians would have heard every shot, and seen many of the black flack bursts dot the sky as they closed in on the Sistani fleet. By the time the last drone became the makings of a new reef, the Egyrians were well within visual range. Partly to scout, and partly to make sure that the Egyrians weren't going to try anything funny, the Alaska class light cruiser Alamkuh, the only of her class at the trials and the closest thing the Sistanis had to a carrier at the moment, launched a number of A1K1N Shimakaze floatplanes to meet the battleships. Eight total, they lazily took to the sky, circling until they were a few thousand feet up. In the distance to the northwest, the pilots could see a large convoy of rusted merchantmen being towed towards the Sistani ships. Obviously, they would be the targets for gunnery and torpedo practice. Closer still the two groups of green ships came, and the pilots of the floatplanes could have sworn that they could hear music in the distance. Eventually, the Egyrians launched a helicopter, and two of the fighters broke off to buzz it. So far, the pilots had yet to recieve any orders aside from "Make yourselves seen.". Apparently, the Sistani commanding officers didn't think that the Egyrians would be stupid enough to try anything at what was basicly point blank range for the Sistani torpedoes. Especially when Sistani aircraft could be on site within half an hour, and the Egyrians were far from the nearest friendly airfield. However, only time would tell. |
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| Sistan | Dec 18 2005, 06:26 AM Post #12 |
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While the floatplanes loitered overhead, the convoy of rusted out freighters crested the horizon. The tugboats pulling the target ships began to slow, two on the end breaking off and taking their cargo away from the group. Each one let off a mile of line and tried to quickly speed away from the ship in tow. On the deck of the first tug, an ensign shot a flare high into the sky, signalling the beginning of the target practice. The first of the ships to have a go at the target ships was again Zard Kuh. It's main battery roared and ejaculated flames, but the shells were a few dozen yards short. The second salvo was a direct hit, and the frieghter belched fire and smoke into the sky as shells splashed all around it. The third, fourth, and fifth salvos were also hits, but the sixth was long and missed as the tug altered the target's course. And so on went the gunnery practice. |
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| The Socialist Sheikdom of Egyria | Dec 24 2005, 01:36 AM Post #13 |
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"Standby to execute Exercise 9-B." "Belay that, we've received orders to return home ASAP." "What? What's happened?" "Egyria and Sistan may be going to war." "What? Why?" "That's all I know, now recall the fleet!" The Egyrian vessels began to sail north, back to the Suez. |
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| Sistan | Dec 24 2005, 12:49 PM Post #14 |
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"Admiral, the Egyrians have changed course to 210 degrees." "Looks like they're going home. Inform the fleet and tell them to continue operations as normal." For the next few hours, guns echoed for miles as the ships in the fleet took turns testing their guns on the target ships. Every once and a while, a burning hulk would be finished off with torpedoes. At around 1800 hours, the guns went silent. Eight hours later, after the crews had rested, the guns roared back into activity. The sky lit up with star shells as the night gunnery began. Silhouetted by the bright white glow of the star shells and the burning orange of the other target ships, the rusted out freighters were easy targets. By breakfast, they were all gone. |
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| The CNNP | Dec 24 2005, 01:18 PM Post #15 |
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OOC: This was getting pretty good for a while; I was thinking of taking my Arabian flotilla for a little stroll in park...we could have had one of the biggest naval exercises in history. :lol: |
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