Talk:AFOH/@comment-14850713-20150707170107/@comment-14850713-20150712170817

IC:

At SOUTHCOM forward base, Port Vila, Vanuatu:

Comms Officer: "Sir, we are picking up a secure radio message from Port Moresby."

Commander Nevitt (Adm. Ej's chief-of-staff): "What the hell? We haven't launched the operation yet."

Comms: "Looks like someone with priority clearance, Sir, or he wouldn't know this frequency."

Nevitt: "Alright, patch him through. Who is this?"

Major Decker (Special Forces officer): "This is Decker of 1st Commando, Sir. We have an urgent message from Port Moresby. The Papuan and Solomon Island governments have pledged their support for the Coalition. They have ordered their forces to stand down. No shots will be fired. I repeat, no shots will be fired."

Nevitt: (to comms officer) "Does he check out?"

Comms: "Yes Sir, he does."

Nevitt: (moves closer to the communications console) "Roger that, 1st Commando. The Admiral will be informed."

Decker: "Thank you, Sir. 1st Commando out."

The High Command obviously brought those special forces in, Nevitt thinks to himself. But he's sure Admiral Ej will be pissed that commandoes are running around in his theater without his knowledge. But there'll be time for questions later. What matters now is that lives will be saved, and, crucially, that the invasion timetable can be advanced. With Papua and the Solomons supporting the Coaltion, only Indonesian New Guinea (OOC: the western part of the island) needs to be invaded. And the best way now is to make a quick combined air and amphibious assault on its capital, Jayapura. He stands up and turns to the communications officer, "Get me the Admiral."