[center][h2]San Francisco, Unified Territories of America[/h2][/center]

"So they're taking the Pacific route then?"

It was the early hours of the night in the capital, and the stars above were drowned out by the lights below. The capital building of the UTA was a 326 meter tall obelisk-like skyscraper, the tallest in the city. It had once been home to a luxury hotel and corporate offices, but after the founding of the UTA, it has been quickly declared the capital building and the "Pentagon of the West". It was a questionable decision, picking the most obvious building in a skyline as home to your entire government and military, but it hadn't been moved in decades. The decision also gave rise to more than one joke about compensation. 

As he usually was, Richard MacEoin was very much awake. He had never had the best of sleeping habits, instead preferring to stay awake as long as possible in order to be available in the event of a crisis. Given that he was a dictator and lived in a giant skyscraper in the middle of a similarly giant city, it was probably a good thing. When Yuuki Sora had walked into the room, he had been scouring the internet for updates on the Caliphate situation. The less reputable, more tinfoil-obsessed ones as well. After all, among all of the conspiracy theories saying that WWIII actually started in early 2015 with a Russian attack on Alaska the USA kept secret, there were usually heavily biased reports of recent events.

"Yes Sir." Responded Yuuki, setting her tablet down on Richard's desk. It was displaying predicted Mexican fleet movements. "They departed quite recently with fifteen ships. Almost certainly for the Caliphate, after all, they wouldn't send fifteen vessels against our Navy, and no troop movements have been reported on the border. It would appear that we've got some time to lift a few more weights before we throw a punch."

"Hmm..." Said Richard, diverting his eyes to his own computer. "The world doesn't seem to like the Caliphate all that much, and for good reason. They've killed a lot of their people and called it 'unification', and now they call their policy of murdering anyone who doesn't pray to the Abrahamic God in the specific way they do 'keeping the peace'."

Yuuki smiled, knowing exactly what Richard was getting at.

"Our fleet can catch them at the Marshall Islands if you give the order now."

Richard pressed a key on his computer, immediately linking him to the Naval Command section of the tower.

"Dispatch an attack force to the Marshall islands, we're going after the Caliphate. Make it double-time, I want you to meet with the Mexican fleet. Ančjo can take care of the details, I'll have forwarded the situation to his tablet shortly."

[center][h2]Marshall Islands, Pacific OCean[/h2][/center]

Twenty UTA ships approached the Mexican fleet, two aircraft carriers, six cruisers, and a dozen destroyers. Their missiles tubes were closed and railguns stowed as they came closer and closer. For a moment, it looked as if there was going to be a battle. The UTA and Mexican Empire hadn't been on the best of terms since the Second Mexican-American War, and there were very few reasons the Empire had to not declare war. Little did they know, the UTA planned to give them one such reason.

[hider=Message to the Mexican Imperial Fleet and Government]
This is Branch Chief Richard Ančjo of the Unified Territories of America Navy. Your movements have not gone unnoticed by us, and neither has your newly ignited war with the Caliphate of Istanbul. Given this fleet's course, you're headed to the USAE to join up for a joint operation against the Caliphate. We came here to pledge our support. Our two nations may have a turbulent history, but when it comes to the evils the Caliphate had committed, that rivalry does not matter to us. If you wish, you may refuse our offer. However, I remind you that we field a substantial Navy as well as an advanced Army, both fields in which the Caliphate excels in sheer number. We would be a great boon to this campaign. So, in the face of the Caliphate's evils, does our rivalry matter to [i]you[/i]?[/hider]