The Zerbian-Rakarskian War - Nations RP Forum

Topic: The Zerbian-Rakarskian War

OK, well this is where to put information about the conflict, the weapons, the tactics, the generals and the battles in the above conflict. The name will not be changed if more nations take part.

The Rakarskian colonial army is currently marching out of Vladmirsgrad, and will take perhaps four days to get to the mountains bordering Rakarskia and Kaleo. The Rakarskian order of battle ran: The 76th Rifles, the 80th and 21st regiments of the line, the 10th Hussars, two batteries of field artillery (7 field guns and three howitzers per battery) and the 96th grenadiers, veterans of the Saitek incident. Rao's troops included at least five hundred elephants, several batteries of brightly decorated cannon, a mass of savage horsemen and numerous groups of variously armed infantry.

Et toi? And good night.

#1 Dec 15th 2007, 1:34pm . Edited Dec 16th 2007, 12:05pm

A large Sevian army is gathering at Estanmar. It will only take a day or two for the rest to arrive, though where they are heading and how they are getting there is yet to be determined.

#2 Dec 15th 2007, 2:58pm

At the same time, the Fusilliers marched towards the sound of gunfire at Tawpoor. They are backed up by some native artillery guns, and will arrive in perhaps two days.

#3 Dec 16th 2007, 2:02am

Over Herck, a gyro/helicopter that's mostly just a frame of bars with a steam engine and large propellers took its test flight, but soon went down awkwardly. The pilot managed to land it with minimal bodily harm to himself.

Another aircraft took flight, resembling an old WW1 biplane, but with three steam-powered propellers, one on each wing and one at the forefront. It flew around gallantly before coming down for more examination.

In the factories, several tanks were coming out with modified and rotating turrets, each with three cannons with a caliber of roughly 20mm. On the broadsides of each tank were three much smaller cannons equal in power to an attached grenade-launcher on an assault rifle.

The infantry began forming ranks among the parading grounds, and roughly four thousand already rifle-equipped infantry marched out. 3,500 of them went off to the mountains in the south, setting up posts and ambush points while the last five-hundred fanned out as scouts through the lightly forested region.

Five thousand native warriors entered the fortress, waiting to be equipped with simple muskets that the infantry had used prior. Another Fifteen thousand natives, mounted and infantry, gathered up in the region with their blades and bows, ready to follow their friends.

#4 Dec 16th 2007, 10:06am

The Rakarskian army was now marching, joined by a large band of native mercenaries armed with sword, bow and matchlock. The 10th dragoons sent out cavalry outriders, along with native horsemen. The army was now being slowed by a progressively larger supply train, required to feed all the soldiers, horses and camp followers. The direction of march, however, continued.

The five ironclads, the RNS Gallant (Captain Chase), Valiant (Commodore Robertson), Muskovitch (Captain Zukovsky), Lion (Captain Lutherson) and Macara (Captain McCradden), began to steam to the west, at a speed of around twenty knots. They were leviathans. The ZCC ships had demonstrated great mobility, but the Rakarskian vessels more than made up for it in terms of size, and firepower. Each ship had sixty light guns on the broadsides, several large rocket batteries to ward off air attacks, and their colossal turreted cannon. These boats could decimate squadrons of oar powered, wooden warships, or take on large sea creatures.

And meanwhile, the declaration of war finally managed to reach the Rakarskian home government.

#5 Dec 16th 2007, 12:03pm . Edited Dec 17th 2007, 11:46am

The Zerbian fleet was fully out. Now nine cruisers, four large battleships almost as maneuverable as the cruisers while also nearly as powerful as the Rakarskian ironclads, and four cargo ships outfitted for broadside bombardment. Their hulls were fortified by more armor plating and the decks were strewn with forty guns on each side and twenty on each stern and bow. Inside the fortified cargo area each one had five full-sized artillery pieces on rotating platforms, with lookouts on deck to command each one's aim.

The fully armed Zerbian infantry marched out of the settlement. Fifteen-thousand rifle-armed and armored elves with two thousand musket-armed natives added on in front. Behind them came twenty large tanks with the three-cannon turrets mounted on. They split and flanked the infantry, and a final, much larger tank with a five-cannon turret pulled behind them for the general.

Two large bomber planes took off and made their way east, heading for the mountain chain to then follow toward Rakarskia, while also searching for an army of theirs.

Five more of the new and smaller planes were at the ready on the air strip, highly maneuverable and well armed with two simple yet powerful, and rather fast semi-automatic cannons. Each plane held 100 hundreds for their cannons, and had a second gunner seat with a rifle and plenty of rounds of ammo.

In the factories, more tanks and planes were being produced.

#6 Dec 16th 2007, 12:19pm

((This will be a pretty damned destructive engagement. The ZCC seem to have more firepower, but the Rakarskians have commissars to force them to weather any kind of hell thrown at them, and keep shooting back. The naval battle which probably is going to come up will be just epic! Five leviathan ironclads, steaming forward with all guns blazing away, against twice their number of smaller boats. If another nation, with their wooden ships, tries to join in...))

Good night.

The Rakarskians kept matching on, as they began to apporoach the mountain passes leading into Kaleo.

((I hope that they can march through.))

#7 Dec 16th 2007, 12:54pm

((The four battleships are nearly as big as the Rakarskian leviathans, and the cargo ships are just as large if not larger than the leviathans. Hehe.))

Kaleon sentry towers spotted the army approached and immediately sent riders to them, demanding to know what are they doing.

Meanwhile, the two bomber planes following the mountain range spotted the army heading into the pass and turned heading. The two semi-automatic 25mm cannons on each plane opened fire at them.

The first conflict after the initial shootout had begun.

The natives back at Herck mobilized north of the main elven army, deeper into the woods, camouflaged and ready to ambush. Fourteen thousand of them. The other one thousand calvary moved farther south along heavy forests toward Kaleo's plains. They stood on look out, awaiting to see any Rakarskian forces.

#8 Dec 16th 2007, 1:15pm

Mindwarp

((Andrew, I'm not quite sure about attacking the army marching into Kaleo. Most WWII fighters couldn't fly that far, even with extra fuel tanks strapped on. They're just marching into Kaleo right now, not across the mountains to where Zerbia is located.))

#9 Dec 16th 2007, 1:18pm

((Those two aren't fighters. They're about as big as B-52s.

Oh, and image example of the Zerbian line, in case it was getting a bit confused in descriptions. [and just it will help for organization and the terrain area.] http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/8087/warld6.jpg ))

((Oh and oops, it's not quite the best to scale. The Main line would be slightly longer than the hidden native infantry line. Just picture it that long and that space that wide, then it's good.))

#10 Dec 16th 2007, 1:27pm . Edited Dec 16th 2007, 1:29pm

Brigadier Robertson only just heard the drone of engines above the noise of marching boots and military bands. What were they...

Colonel Morgan was already unslinging his rifle. "Aircraft, comrade Brigadier," he said. "Saw them over that Zerbian place. PREPARE TO ENGAGE THE ENEMY!!" This was to the columns of troops, who were still in their marching column.

The aircraft dived and opened fire. The troops dived for cover, as bullets tore up the wide mountain pass. Rifles cracked in response, as the 76th's sharpshooters tried to down the planes with their long ranged shots. The Rakarskian army had fought dragons in its time, but the planes were both faster and smaller. Several men fell. An elephant stampeded through a native regiment, crushing scores of them.

General Rao shouted something in his native language, and the rocket batteries were unlimbered. As the aircraft completed their attack run, the batteries opened fire. The rockets were quick to load and fire, individually innaccurate, but utterly indiscriminate. They were fired in huge, shrieking barrages, which climbed to the height of the aircraft. ((Please let some of the rockets hit. And wont having warplanes going over Kaleon territory be offensive?))

((The sea))

The ironclads steamed on. Commodore Robertson looked out through his telescope to find the enemy ships. It was a calm, clear day. Which, as many a survivor was to comment afterwards, just goes to show.

((Military issues: How did the Zerbians co ordinate all their troops over such a massive area? What kind of scale is this thing operating on? You have shown no evidence of a Zerbian military radio system, and they lack magic, so how are they going to co ordinate all those troops over most of a small country?))

#11 Dec 17th 2007, 9:30am . Edited Dec 17th 2007, 9:36am

((Messengers over time and a council with the leaders. Also, the natives already knew the geography and could suggest strategies.

Also, they traveled straight east from Herck and then followed the mountain chain southward, so they really didn't enter Kaleon airspace.))

The pilots in the closer plane were hit by bullets as well as the plane was ripped apart by the rockets and immediately went down into the mountains. The other took a few hits and lost some of the crewmen and some control in the tail section, but managed to stay in flight. However, both planes were able to drop some of their payload, the one that was shot down dropped a two 50-pound bombs and the second dropped five before turning away.

--The sea--

"Load the artillery and prepare to open fire!" The captains of the cargo ships ordered to their soldiers as they spotted the large and approaching ironclads. The battle ships steamed and took positions in between but ahead of the car go ships and the cruisers took the flanks, the lead two on each side ready for their generic fleet tactic of flanking the opponent with a expedient broadside volley.

#12 Dec 17th 2007, 10:53am

The cheers of the soldiers were drowned out by the roars of the shells as they hit home. Three shells missed all together. Another one obliterated an ammunition wagon, destroying a battery of native guns. The others landed on the infantry and cavalry, killing sixty four men and ten horses.

Brigadier Roberston ordered casualty figures, before spurring towards the Kaleon sentry tower. They would march in an hour.

--The sea--

Aboard the RNS valiant, Commodore Robertson lowered his telescope. "The bastards have come, and will be scattered," he muttered, quoting Muskovitch. There was a large force of ships within plain sight. Many of the buggers, to be sure. "But at least four look like cargo boats!" he shouted through the speaking trumpet. The other captains, experienced sailors to a man, had all noticed this. "And the rest are bloody tiny! Take those juggernauts, comrades, and they ain't going to stand for long. Form a line of battle, and give them fire from our turrets. We outrange them, so they'll have to close." At least, he hoped they would.

The ironclads formed a line, bow to stern, broadsides facing the foe. The heavy turret guns slowly rotated to face the enemy vessels. A sailor finished painting a smiling face on the front of the cannon shot, before ramming it down the muzzle of the gun. "Fire!" the blessed order came.

And, with a thunder of heavy guns, they obeyed.

#13 Dec 17th 2007, 11:37am . Edited Dec 17th 2007, 11:44am

"What was that?" The Kaleon calvary-man demanded to the Rakarskians.

The battle ships took a few of the hits along their sides and two took large gashes in their bows, but managed to stay afloat. Two fast cruisers on each flank steamed forward diagonally, sending a volley with their broadsides as they were able to.

The artillery pieces in the cargo ships opened fire with glee as the leviathans halted and stood still for them while their broadsides aimed upward and fired as well, being they're barely in range.

The four battleships steamed forward some and formed a line as well, opening fire. Three more cruisers on each side followed their comrades in approaching and sending volleys with their broadsides.

#14 Dec 17th 2007, 3:48pm

A small boat landed at an unwatched cove along the coast of RCC, unloading four men. They quickly started to draw complex runes in the sand of the beach, just out of the reach of the ocean.

Far away at the sevian town of Estanmar, another group of four had already finished the runes.

#15 Dec 18th 2007, 4:09am

(Kaleon Frontier)

"Comrade, I am Brigadier Robertson of the Rakarskian expeditionary force," the brigadier explained calmly. "We were informed that we would be allowed to march accross your lands. And that was a Zerbian aircraft trying to stymie our progress. Note, if you will, that it too has tresspassed your lands, and that you have not stopped it. If it was to shell your cities, no doubt, you wouldn't bat an eyelid. Now get out of our way! We will not rob or hurt anyone."

(Cove)

((How the hell can you say which coves are watched or unwatched in my evil lair? Isn't that my job? Anyway...))

Inquisitor Kazmarov (as seen in one of my stories) drew his pistol and stepped out of the shadows at the sight of the men. "Doing magical acts upon Rakarskian territory, comrades," he said loudly, "is a criminal offence." He took aim at the first man.

(The Sea)

The Valiant, under Commodore Robertson, had suffered heavy hits, and four of its guns had been unmounted. Eighteen crewmen had dies. The other ships had suffered less. And now they could return fire.

The ships fired their huge broadsides, before ponderously turning around to charge into the midst of their enemies. Their turrets fired another volley at the battleships.

#16 Dec 18th 2007, 7:55am

((Cause even in modern day society the not country has the resources to watch every part of it's borders, and ITS A COLONY... so that's why.))

#17 Dec 18th 2007, 8:36am

(Kaleo)

"It did not cross our lands that we know of, General. You be warned, however, if anything happens to any citizens of Kaleo, I highly doubt the Rakarskian colony will still be in existence." The calvary major warned before galloping back to the tower. The men near the sentry ballistae remained crouched under the wall, not showing they are ready to fire upon command if need be.

(Sea)

The cruisers continued steaming around, forming a circle around the Rakarskian ships. They shot five-cannon volleys rather quickly between each other, and they continued moving, not shooting as an ally went ahead, but holding the volley off until after the cruiser had passed.

The battleships continued taking the hits as well as firing back with their turrets and broadsides. One was taking on water through a gash on the starboard bow, but that compartment was closed and locked immediately, leaving the ship roughly ten feet deeper in the water on the bow side.

The artillery pieces in the cargo ships, after missing some, checked their aim and launched another volley. Three of the ships aimed for one leviathan together as the last aimed for the already crippled Valiant.

(Herck)

The infantry stayed, waiting, as one of the planes flew overhead, damaged. They did not cheer, rather stayed silent for their fallen comrades.

The pilot landed and sent word to General Yarl of what he encountered.

"A rather large army of infantry, sir. Cannons and fast-shooting artillery, which shot down the Blazer. Once they arrive here, they should be easy to defeat however, with this pincer." Corporal Graven stated in his message.

General Yarl nodded to himself as he finished reading the message and looked out to the frontier, waiting.

#18 Dec 18th 2007, 8:44am . Edited Dec 18th 2007, 8:47am

((well whatever, i'll just go with it. but remember there is no way to watch every part of the border, especially since this is a colony.))

The group of men said the same thing at the same exact time, "Congelo."

The air around the the inquisitor quickly solidified into ice. ((four mages on a guy with a pistol that didn't shoot first... not good for the guy))

#19 Dec 18th 2007, 9:13am

(A colony with very small borders.)

The lead in the inquisitor's ring managed to dampen some of the spell's effect, as did the lining in his coat and hat. The ice was partly melted by the antimagical force. Kazmarov dived for cover through the metling ice and fired back, whilst mentally thanking the Rakarskian inquisitorial scientists who had researched magic so thoroughly. He came to rest behind a large stone, braced the Krenshilkov-Anderson against it and took a careful aim. He fired two more shots.

#20 Dec 18th 2007, 9:31am

((first i must ask if this antimagical force is also in the bullets....))

#21 Dec 18th 2007, 9:38am

((Well, a magic hunter is definitely going to have some special kit. So, yes. They would be slowed by any kind of shielding, so lethal damage would be unlikely, but they would probably cause bruising or broken bones.))

#22 Dec 18th 2007, 11:06am

The bullets disapeared under their cloaks, but one of the men went down with a sickening sound.

"Aqua maceria." They said, and the sea water rose up and created a thick wall surrounding the four. Inside it each pulled out a wicked looking scimitar.

#23 Dec 18th 2007, 12:23pm

The inquisitor knelt back down and began to reload his pistol. His bullets could probably go through that, but he had no way of seeing through the sea, so he probably wouldn't hit anything. He felt a sudden longing to have this kind of power at his fingertips, but then instinctively supressed it. The threat of rogue inquisitors never seemed to end. He knew a sound man by the name of Ivan Semovsky, a fifty year old, steadfast anti mage, who had got hit by a magical bolt in a place called Saitek. He had survived, but had acquired magical energies. He had been evidently driven insane, for he declared himself an enemy of the state and went on the run, rampaging through the world and causing havoc.

Kazmarov finished loading his pistol and took aim at the sea water.

#24 Dec 18th 2007, 12:32pm

Avaliss looked over the Rakarskian army from atop a ridge. She was invisible to them with her mental illusions, as well as the Kaleon battalion hidden north of the end of the mountain pass, ready to survey and watch the Rakarskian army.

#25 Dec 18th 2007, 1:52pm

Brigadier Robertson looked at the sentry towers. "We were told," he shouted, "that we would be allowed to cross Kaleo! Now let us pass!" This was true. The brigadier whispered to an aide, who galloped off towards the nearest artillery battery. The guns were unlimbered and prepared. Just in case. The soldiers were ordered to stand and load their muskets, just to try and improve the Kaleon memories of the non existent treaty.

#26 Dec 19th 2007, 8:05am

No one stirred in the Kaleon sentry tower.

#27 Dec 19th 2007, 9:47am

"Forward march!" the sergeants boomed, and the army began to march through the frontier. At the same time, on the isle of terra, an agreement had been made allowing them to do this, but the Kaleons in the tower were utterly oblivious to this.

#28 Dec 19th 2007, 10:25am

((I asked about the bullets becuase round bullets lose velocity much much faster than normal bullets))

The rounds made it through to the other side, but most missed and those that didn't weren't going fast enough to do any damage, even as the wall collasped slighty where the bullets had hit.

Inside the four men finished up drawing the runes in the sand and solidified it. Seconds later a glowing portal opened up.

#29 Dec 19th 2007, 10:54am . Edited Dec 19th 2007, 10:55am

(Did I say he fired at the sea water thingy? And, just out of interest, what is that portal doing? And wasn't one of the men shot? But never mind. I'll let it pass...)

Kazmarov now stood, aiming at the portal. He had a feeling that he couldn't stop whatever came out of it with a single pistol, but it wasn't his nature to give up this easily. He emptied the six shots in the pistol at the sea shield, and reloaded again.

#30 Dec 19th 2007, 10:59am

((one of the guys has a broken leg... you would know what the portal was if you had fully read my earlier posts... and i guess you didn't saw he fired, though he did aim at it, and logic went from there.))

The bullets passed through the wall and into the portal, and many miles away they came out and hit several men. A few seconds after that men started pooring through the glowing portal, and now three uninjured men turned their attentions back to Kazmarov.

#31 Dec 19th 2007, 11:08am

(That has great comic potential for the poor guys. "Hey, what the hell's just got me?"...)

Kazmarov fired at the mages, emptying his pistol's magazine, before turningn and running for his life to the cove's exit. He couldn't face this sort of odds. Which was why the company of inquisitorial grenadiers was waiting half a mile away, just in case he needed backup.

He grabbed the whistle in his pocket and blew.

Lieutenant Grenzer heard the sound. "DOUBLE TIME!" he roared, and his men began to run towards the cove.

#32 Dec 19th 2007, 11:18am

((Who said the Kaleons were oblivious to the agreement? They are users of magic, and constantly have mages scrying on the diplomat so they do not have to wait for letters, as well as the ability to message through scrying magic.))

The soldiers in the tower knew of the agreement after being notified by a mage scrying on Ambassador Barlow. They were told to hold their positions, but keep an eye on the Rakarskians, just in case...

#33 Dec 19th 2007, 11:28am

(Sorry)

The Rakarskians marched on. "Any man who is caught stealing!" the sergeants called out, "will be flogged! Anything worse will result in the hangmen shooting you!" he meant to commissars. "So watch your wandering hands!" Nevertheless, every village the army marched through lost most of their livestock short of cattle to the soldiers' cooking pots. The military spokesmen said that they had no proof of exactly which man had stolen that particular chicken, which was true. Soldiers were good at stealing things. And the officers paid them for the best parts of the animal, and gave the farmers payment. Anything was better than the potted meat and biscuit which they were usually given.

#34 Dec 19th 2007, 11:37am

The Kaleon brigade split off into two, flanking the Rakarskians and lightly following, a couple hundred yards off each flank and more behind. Avaliss lead the brigade on the right flank, but after a while ventured off and ahead of the Rakarskian army, making herself appear as a traveler ahead of them.

#35 Dec 19th 2007, 11:40am

"They're following us," Colonel Morgan muttered, pointing at the Kaleon brigade. Robertson followed his gaze, and couldn't see anything.

"I'll take your bloody word for it, Morgan," he replied. "It's their land. I suppose that they can do whatever they like in it."

"And that traveller," the colonel continued, pointing ahead of the column, "wasnt here a few minutes ago."

The army's Commissar General, one comrade Krensky, looked at the woman darkly, but allowed her to stay there. General Rao muttered some old charm under his breath, and Morgan hid a smile at the commissar's appauled expression.

#36 Dec 19th 2007, 11:45am

((How do they see them when they're hidden by Avaliss' illusions? And she put herself far ahead and appeared say behind a tree, to appear as a simple traveler. I guess I didn't say it right.))

Avaliss turned and looked at the army as if she had just noticed them. She stopped in her tracks and turned to them, waiting for them to approach her.

#37 Dec 19th 2007, 11:47am

(Sorry.)

"Get out of the way, comrade!" a burly sergeant at the front boomed as he pushed past her. "Get off the road, or we'll probably tramplee you, if you would beg my pardon for saying so." The army marched on past her, a cloud of fine dust above it.

#38 Dec 19th 2007, 11:49am

She swiftly drew a shortsword from beneath her cloak and held it against the back of the man's neck. "Settle your ego down. I merely wish to know who you are and what you are doing with such an army through Kaleo."

#39 Dec 19th 2007, 11:50am

The sergeant simply pushed past her without even breaking step, followed by the rest of the army. "We're here, because we're here comrade," the sergeant said simply. "Ask the brigadier." The marching song started, the traditionally dour attitude Rakarskians had towards war.

"We're here because we're here because we're here because we're here..." the soldiers sang. The commissars always turned a blind eye. They knew full well the strain of facing death repeatedly, and they only dispensed their discipline when neccesary.

"We're here because we're marching to face Zerbia, comrade," the brigadier called down from his horse. "And because we're here.

#40 Dec 19th 2007, 12:12pm

"You guys are crazy." Avaliss stated, drawing back her sword but not sheathing it as she began walking with them.

"What is this Zerbia?" She asked.

#41 Dec 19th 2007, 12:20pm

"A country on the other side of Kaleo. Now good day, and get out of the way of that artillery wagon!" The brigadier called down from his horse.

#42 Dec 19th 2007, 12:23pm

"You can't order me around!" Avaliss called back, not moving at all, by their views, but really was walking a few steps to the right.

#43 Dec 19th 2007, 12:25pm

"Just advice, comrade, that's all," the Brigadier called back. "And mind that elephant!" The pachyderm in question was lugging a huge battery of rockets behind it, and was being ridden by a howdah full of gesticulating natives manning a small cannon.

#44 Dec 19th 2007, 12:29pm

"Why do you keep calling me comrade? I am no comrade of yours, I am a lady!"

#45 Dec 19th 2007, 12:30pm

"A what?" The brigadier only used the phrase as a choice insult, along with "sir" and "your highness." It implied anti revolutionary sentiments, and was like sticking up a middle finger in several other countries.

#46 Dec 19th 2007, 12:33pm

Frustration splayed itself on Avaliss' face, but as the soldiers could see, she continued walking. However, a sound could be heard of an open palm across the brigadier's face.

#47 Dec 19th 2007, 12:35pm

"Bugger off," he snapped. The commissar spurred forward, drawing his pistol to hold off the mage. Everyone else hid their amusement.

(He's on a horse. I doubt that she could reach. And why is she so angry? Standing right in front of a large army and expecting them to stop for her is an utterly ridiculous and pointless exercise.)

#48 Dec 19th 2007, 12:37pm

(Her illusion was just walking, but in reality she could easily reach him. Her magical powers are to summon and manipulate obsidian. She can be very creative with that... And she didn't expect them to stop. He just insulted her, so she slapped him. Also, how would he know she's a mage without her really moving or visibly casting a spell or anything?)

Avaliss looked around, confusion on her illusion's face as the commissar drew his pistol on the image. "Now why are you drawing your weapon on me? Did I do something wrong with marching alongside?"

#49 Dec 19th 2007, 12:49pm