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The following Press Release was issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to all Eutopian news outlets.

PRESS RELEASE
FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF​

The President of Eutopia has authorized the Eutopian armed forces to begin a major military exercise, code-named HIDDEN HERALD. The purpose of this announcement is to inform the citizens of Eutopia of this exercise. Any large-scale movement of troops or military equipment that may be witnessed in the next few weeks is likely connected to this exercise, and should not be a matter for concern.

By the nature of large-scale exercise, it is likely that some damage will occur to civilian property. Claims for damages arising from this exercise may be forwarded to the Ministry for Defense, Intelligence, and Security, for review and payment.

The following message is sent to the President, all Ministers and thier staffs, all Members of the Assembly and Senators, and all ranking military officers.

EXERCISE MESSAGE
HIDDEN HERALD

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Within the week Exercise HIDDEN HERALD will begin. Any and all of your and your staffs may be expected to participate in this exercise. The United States, Tilipia and St. Espirit have all been asked to observe.

Any message relating to the exercise will be clearly marked, in the manner of this message. Within reason, please treat it as an actual communications and respond accordingly.

Exercise Background

One week ago, Eutopian intelligence officers intercepted an arms shipment from Albona to an Albonan splinter group near New Lancaster. The MTIA has issued a strong protest to the Albonan government, which has not responded.

Albona is an island nation approximately two thousand miles from Eutopia. It has a history of supporting Albonan nationalist in Eutopia. It has a first-class military and the ability, through light aircraft carriers and marine task forces, to project power within a large radius from Albona. Eutopian and Albona have been experiencing a period of rising tensions. Albona is not allied with Tilipia or St. Espirit.

Opposing force for this exercise will be played by OSO, the Third Division, the Marines, Atlantic Patrol Fleet North, the training squadron of the Air Force, and other units deemed appropriate.

Questions may be directed to the Chairman's office. A special office has been established to receive responses to exercise communications (OOC: This thread).

/s/Levarge, Exercise Coordinator

EXERCISE MESSAGE
HIDDEN HERALD

[OOC: This thread will contain the "action" side of this exercise. Also, responses to exercise messages should be posted here (unless directed to another player).

Anyone is welcome to post here. These are large exercises; anyone could run into troop movements, or decide to protect the exercise, or whatever.

The mods have authorized me, as exercise coordinator, to play some NPCs. Any questions on that should be forwarded to them.

Thanks]
 

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FLEA/ MIDA have received a report of events (officer missing followed by investigating officer down) that registered greater than 3 sigma magnitude, i.e. unlikely enough to warrant notification/attention in addition to the standard response, so a copy was sent to me, even though I happened to be in a meeting with the MESA at that time. (OOC: notice my post is the last one there prior to the arrival of the fax, which places me in her office.) When I went over to her machine to pick up the fax, I noticed another fax coming clearly identifying it as linked with the Albonian incident. Do you want to reply to the terrorist's fax, shall I, or shall we leave it up to the MESA? I have already transmitted a copy to FLEA and made some suggestions as to what to consider doing, now that charging in with a SWAT team may no longer be advisable. I left the choice of what to do up to them, as they are on the scene and they are the professionals. Given the state of our air force, due to the prior administration's neglect including ignoring my suggestions to develop armed remotely piloted vehicles, I would suggest a coordinated artillery barrage on the chemical facility once the nearby civilians are evacuted, but this now appears to be your show. I will be informing the cabinet next.
 

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Message from the president of the UPE. URGENT.

The president of the UPE immediately orders the evacuation of all civilian personel in the vicinity of the chemical plant. The president orders this evacuation be facilitated by FLEA and The Armed Forces of the UPE.

IN addition a secure perimeter outside the effected area is to be set up immediately. Following the evacuation, no unauthourized personel are to enter or leave the restricted zone. Military forces are to patrol the restricted zone and to prepare for future actions.

An emergency cabinet session will convene to decide future actions. In addition to the Cabinet, the two chiefs of staff of the military and navy, or their representatives, are requested to particpate.

Immediate responsive actiion, if necessary, will be undertaken by Gen. Levarge in consultation with myself.

Josephus L. Sergei
 

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MIDA acknowledges reciept of military's request that MIDA initiate contact with possible terrorists at chemical facility.
 

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In a room off of the Pit, military officers and FLEA agents work together on a "tabletop" evacuation of the area around the Rogarth plant. The umpires throw in the usual obsticles - the weak and handicapped, the frightened, the stupid who want to stay. Nonetheless, things move well.
 

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Message from the President of the UPE

Effective immediately, the military is now in a "HANG TIME" state of alert. The evacuation will proceed. All those people who refuse to be evacuated should be dealt with accordingly, including, but not limited to, use of excessive force.


Josephus
 

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At LIRA base, Major McGrath, commander of the Pathfinder company, is among those awoken by the blare of loudspeakers playing the "Imperial March" from Star Wars. Then the commander's voice, distorted and loud. "Wake up, people! We're on two hour drop notice. A Team to HQ for brief, B Team back to bed!"

* * *

The helicopter ferrying the observers to the Rogarth plant roars low over the sleeping countryside, leaving behind a path of barking dogs and woken sleepers.

* * *

Unapproachable and the fleet clears moorings and sets out toward sea.

* * *

Two cargo planes are on final approach toward Uxbridge airport, full of the "hard men," the operators, the boys from OSO.
 

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As the helicopter carrying the observers to the forward area roared over the countryside, Captain Clariana couldn't help but smile. Soon enough, this would be him. He was particularly hopeful that the LIRA would get involved, and he could watch them go to work.

Colonel Alarico was eagerly awaiting that display as well. Additionally, he found himself hoping the army would roll out, armor and all. He wondered if the feared and mythical Gorgon would make an appearance, if it had even been put into production yet. He found his throat tightening just a little in anticipation. The tanks his scouts had used under Brigadier Levarge had been Leopards...not bad vehicles, but certainly not modern armor. He had still been a Eutopian when the Gorgon had been developed and unveiled, but he had never gotten a good close look at one. He was hoping for that chance.


"If only I had Spike with me...now that...that would be fun..." The other Tilapians smiled and chuckled, understanding his reference. They all found themselves agreeing...if the Eutopian armor rolled out, it would be a shame that Spike wouldn't be at the party. Antonin grinned...he had gotten to play with the new toy and file a recommendation report for further work before he had left...and it was a thing of beauty.

But for now, he had to focus his attention on the task at hand. One of his men had given the helicopter a good close once over, and was currently checking out the inside and looking out through the windows to various external pieces from time to time. After a thorough inspection, he gave Antonin a grin and a thumbs up.

And the observers pulled ever closer to Rogarth.


-vS as Tilapia
 

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A message arrives from MIDA
We have received a fax from the self-styled terrorists. I have relayed the demands to the cabinet, but even the President doesn't have the authority to release prisoners under our separation of powers. MIDA will respond within the deadline, pointing out the needed authorization for most of the demands is beyond the authority of MIDA, but that they have been transmitted to the cabinet. We will also suggest sending in one ambulance with bottled water and food in exchange for the two wounded. I would not advise it, but if you wanted to have operatives use that means a way of beginning the assault, let me know and we will let you send in your "ambulance" instead of getting a Medicure ambulance with volunteers. Another possibility would be to doctor the water with a slow-acting, tasteless agent, such as a sedative or hallucinogen, that would not be fatal to the hostages, but could impair the captors ability to react to your potential assault. Again, I would not advice this course either, but wanted to give you the option before we sent in the ambulance.
 

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The transport chopper landed at Uxbridge in time to see the OSO men disembark from their planes. About one hundred men in black, faces war-painted with low-gloss anti-reflection material. Each one sported the bear tattoo that was the hallmark of OSO. They ran past in quicktime, checking their short-stocked carbines as they went, and embarked on trucks for the trip to the lines.

Three jeeps stood nearby. One flew the Tilipian flag, one that of St. Espirit, and one had the Stars and Stripes.
 

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"Well, that was a rather ...interesting ride," decided General Levitsky, looking vaguely green and uneasy, and gazing over at the Tilapian head honcho. "One of your guys sure found that helicopter interesting," he chuckled, and wandered over to the jeeps. "These ours, I expect?"
 

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Alarico grinned at Levitsky. "Yes, he's former LIRA, a chopper jockey. A hobby of his, he knows more about those things than anyone I know." The Tilapian officer who had been inspecting the helicopter also wore a broad smile, and nodded as if to corroborate the account.

"Yes sir, I believe that jeep is yours." Alarico said, tossing off a quick salute to the Tilapian flag as he and his men piled in to their jeep. He watched the OSO boys move out, and nodded approvingly. Good unit. Real pros. He was very much looking forward to the fireworks.

-vS as Tilapia
 

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A message arrives from MIDA
This is NOT part of the HIDDEN HAROLD EXERCISE. There was an attack on two FLEA agents preparing to take the ambulance to the chemical facility. The attacker, who died in the process, may have been a foreign agent. You may want to consider putting the EXERCISE on hold for 24 hours. Further communications will be directed through non-exercise channels. FLEA may suspend participation in the exercise even if you decide to continue.

This is not a drill.
 

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A fast and bumpy jeep ride brings the observers to a post with a good view of Rogarth. Behind them, under cover, OSO is preparing plans.

An observant observer might notice two things: the escort force with them has quietly grown, and some OSO members are swapping out clips. The clips with blue tape on them are being stowed; the clips with red tape on them are being readied.
 

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Outside of the Diamond Office, the President's helicopter is ready for take-off. Levarge motions the President aboard and then boards himself, followed by the President's security detail.

Over the noise of the props, Levarge shouts to the President at the chopper lifts off. "It's all going well so far, sir. Our readiness for a terrorist attack looks good. Hopefully the Americans will take note." The buildings of Eutopia City skimmed by beneath them. "I'm concerned about the Moroccan situation. The Minister's right. It's too much of a coincidence. Unless this was just one damn unlucky spy."
 

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Clariana bounced along in the jeep, more or less blissfully unaware of his surroundings. He did not notice the changes around him, nor the change in his superior's attitude. He was a staffer at heart, and Alarico had had him transferred to his command so that he could exercise his logistical and organizational talents, not for his powers of observation or combat abilities. Clariana was a wizard with papers and charts, but in the field...well, Alarico looked at it as a team effort. Clariana got them to the field, and Alarico got them off.

However, Alarico had been a scout in the Eutopian Army, and was now something more, though along the same lines, in the Tilapian Army. His life, and the lives of his command, depended upon his noticing everything and reacting to it quickly. He noticed as the security around him increased...not at first, but he definitely noticed there were more men nearby him than before. And when the blue-taped clips (a nice safe color no matter your language or army) were swapped for red-taped clips (not a nice safe color) he knew something was wrong. Alarico became agitated, and kept glancing around to try and get more information. What was happening? He felt naked without a weapon, and the urge to get to one was gradually growing.

Something was wrong, and he hated not knowing what.


-vS as Tilapia
 

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Josephus enjoyed the scenery below him. Ever since he was a kid he always enjoyed heli rides. Despite the noise, muffled now by communications headphones, he always got a thrill. One of his fantasies was to learn to pilot one of these things. Maybe one of these days he'd get the presidential helicopter pilot to teach him.

Levarge's words did have an effect on him. He was also concerned about this new situation. In his old days with MEOR, this was exactly the sort of situation him and his old friend Vlaminck were looking for. Get the president and the military distracted. A good ploy.

But Josephus believed everything was in good hands. Loic was his best minister, hell, virtually his only minister. He trusted him. Maybe, he thought, he trusted too much. Maybe there were some people he shouldn't trust so much. He glanced over at Levarge and spoke into the microphone jutting in front of his mouth.


"Loic's got a handle on the ambulance situation. Moroccan, you say? Do we know this for sure?"

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Levarge shouted over the prop. "That's the word I had from the Minister, sir. Interpol ID'ed the corpse as a Moroccan mercenary. Search of his apartment found a lot of intell stuff - radios, handgun, false ID, etc. Minister Austri should probably get the foreign intell boys on the move about this."

The General sat back, watched the hilly country north of Eutopia City unfold. "I don't like it, Mr. President. What are the odds that a random Moroccan merc tries to stick-up an ambulance in the middle of an exercise? I think someone may be trying to sabotague the exercise. Make us all look bad, try to ensure the embaro isn't lifted. And that would point at Tilipia or St. Espirit. Again, sir, I urge you to get our intell boys involved."
 

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You're right General. Something is very strange. I'll talk to Loic about it right away.

Josephus lifts up his lap top computer and begins sending out an email.

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