User blog comment:ProudAmerican1776/Coalition Page/@comment-14850713-20150315085824

IC:

Transmission from AFOH High Command:

"While we support the Coalition's aim of liberating the United States, we are against any invasion of Australia and New Zealand. These countries are close trading partners of ours, and while they may have declared war on you they have no capability to wage it. We will thus be put them under quarantine and ensure that no Federation elements get established within and no attacks will come from their borders. We will also implement economic sanctions and other measures to pressure their governments to rescind their declarations. Any attempt to invade, however, will be met by force.

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Submarine deterrence squadrons deploy to the Eastern Indian Ocean, while a fleet moves into the Coral Sea. Designated Force Z, it is composed of 2 Redoutable-class super-warships (Conquerant, Pacificateur with 200 aircraft), 3 Colbert-class carriers (Choiseul, Painleve, Vergennes with 450 aircraft), 6 heavy battleships (Formidable and sister-ship Magnificent, Indomptable and sister-ship Intrepide, Sedition and sister-ship Rebellion), 6 battlecruisers (Foch with sister-ships Turenne and Villars, the hybrid Montcalm with sister-ships Carillon and De Levis with 60 aircraft), 12 regular battleships (Murray-class), 24 heavy cruisers (12 Slayer, 12 Resolute Tenacity), 48 AAW/ASW destroyers (24 Suffren, 24 Turmensius) and 48 attack submarines (24 Shadow Wolf II, 24 Shadow Hawk III'').

The 1st Air Fleet, with 3 Dismal Regard and 3 Desecration heavy flying battleships,  4 Venator and 4 Devastation flying carriers (embarking 240 Cobra II attack bombers, 120 Durandal fighters and 360 other aircraft), and 36 medium/light escorts (12 Revanche and 24 Themis with 840 aircraft) also warp over New Caledonia to guard against moves by either the Federation or the Coalition.

All Australian and New Zealand ports are guarded and ships affiliated with the Federation or its allies are either turned back or detained depending on their cargo. Air traffic is also subjected to the same stringent measures. A Special Forces team is sent to shadow politicians with known Federation sympathies.

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OOC: This is meant to keep the war out of Australia and New Zealand. But since skirmishes can and will happen, anybody open to a GC battle? Vanilla only though, and only with my ships (the ones with French names).