Rifles & Runes: Sequel IC

[Kent]

Kingdom of Alacrea

Pendragon, Ministry of Defense Headquarters
General Equirbus was made acting Minister of Defense. The facility was so busy due to the current situation of the country.

The riot in Alacri was quelled. The city was on full martial law and soldiers are patrolling every street. Balloon ships are above to provide quick support and reconnaissance.

"Say what?" Asked the Defense Minister in a loud voice.
"A foreign fleet has been spotted heading towards Celestian waters, sir."
"Trouble one after another." Said the Minister. "Send in the first fleet and a platoon from SASD."
"Yes, sir!"
"Sir!" Another agent shouted.
"What?!" Said the Minister in an annoyed voice.
"A foreign fleet has appeared on the northern waters. The second fleet has been deployed to take care of it."
"Holy fucking christ, what is wrong with this month?" The General replied. "but that was good. Send a report to the Royal Family about this."
He then called for another officer.
"Status report on the riots?"
"Most of the riots has been quelled. We are currently tracking the whereabouts of the ex prime minister and his gang." Replied the officer.
"Good."

Silca, Alacrean Royal Police Headquarters
"Good job everybody." Said Chief of Police Kent. "All we have to do is take out the brains and the rest of the body won't be able to function!"
"Sir, reporting!" Said an officer.
"Go on, son."
"Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Imelda has been caught." He said.
"Very good, that's one down. A couple more to go."

Southern Waters
"Sir, a naval fleet has been spotted. 3 o'clock." A seaman said.
"That's probably just the Celestian fleet." Said the Captain. "No, sir. They are not flying a Celestian flag and the ship designs are very different."
"Are you saying that's a foreign naval fleet?" Asked the Captain.
"Yes, sir."
"This is dangerous. Where is it heading?" Asked the Captain.
"To the Principality waters"
"Follow it, send a SASD operative to inform mainland." The Captain said.

A day later...

"Captain, Mainland has sent the first fleet."
"Very well!" Said the Captain.
"Captain, The Foreign fleet has made contact with a celestian fleet. They encircled a submarine."
"Good, to their rear. They will not harm our friend!"
The submarine surfaced and fired a flare. The First fleet appeared on the read of the foreign fleet.
The Admiral used sound magc to amplify his sound.
"This is the first fleet of the Alacrean Royal Navy." He said "Celestian and Latvian ships. The Kingdom of Alacrea suggests to be the mediator of this and asks both of you to send a representative to the Command battleship to discuss."

First fleet
1 Aircraft carrier
30 SASD operatives
2 Battleships
8 Battlecruisers
12 Submarines
8 Destroyers
12 Cruisers

Kazami42 Am Vya

Northern Waters
The Foreign Navy was met by the 2nd fleet. Composed of:
1 Aircraft Carrier
2 Battleships
8 Battlecruisers
12 Submarines
8 Destroyers
12 Cruisers

The admiral used soung magic to amplify his voice.
"This is the second fleet of the Alacrean Royal Navy." He said. "Identify where you hail from and reason of your presence here."​

BLK

Southern Development Meeting
The Celestian representative was met by Alacrean ships and SDI guards. The representative was escorted to the City of Manlis, in one of the islands within the Kingdom of Alacrea. It is said that the Island is one of the safest place on the Kingdom. The Blue city thing representative was also escorted from the capital to the City of Manlis. Both of the representatives were escorted to the Southern Development Inc. headquarters and to Meeting Room 1. The person who represented Alacrea was Dr. Klaus von Hausburg. The Head of the Alacrean Branch of SDI. They were all seated and magic was cast on the room to prevent anyone from the outside hearing anything and to nullify surveillance magic.
"Greetings, esteemed representatives from esteemed Nations. My name is Dr. Klaus von Hausburg." He said. "I am the Director of the Alacrean Branch of the Southern Development Inc. The agenda for this meeting is to introduce a new nation and what to develop further." He pointed at the representatives of the blue city.
"These people are the representatives of the blue city." He then pointed at the Celestian rep. "and he is the representative of the Principality of Celestia. I hope for both of the nations to familiarize with each other."
He then handed the blue city reps documents.
"The Kingdom of Alacrea extends an invitation to blue city thing." He said "All the terms and conditions are written in that document. Trade network, development partnership, and an alliance."
He then looked at the Principality of Celestia rep.
"I do hope that you agree. Both of you are brought there to know each other. Blue city access to development will be limited unless the Principality of Celestia gives their green light. I do hope that you understand."​

Kazami42 ​

General Deth Glitch

Praseltima Line​

The Praseltima Line is a defense line built by the Kingdom of Alacrea to halt land invasion from the north. They are proud of it and calls it the ultimate defense. It consist of 5 large fortresses and a couple of cities. All of them are equipped with Blaze Luminous barriers. It is not only limited to fortresses and cities, but multiple trenches, barbwires, landmines and other things are present on that line. The new bill passed to improve the Praseltima Line will result in the construction of more fortifications and fortresses.

Black are fortresses
White are cities.

Note: There are more alacrean fortresses, but only the fortresses belonging to the Praseltima Line are included here.
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[Space_Kaiser]

The Federal Republic of Ebross


Diplomacy With Vileria

In Vileria Chairman Garza followed Prime Minister Henning further into the capitol building, noting its size and good condition. He also took fondness of the architecture, which showed a cultural connection to the history of this nation. "Yes of course, we have a interconnected trade way between all of our cities. We can construct another trade road from Eelry, the closest city we have to your border, towards the road you will have to build." He said after Henning's suggestion.

Meanwhile in Ebross Vice President Drake Freis approached the Vilerian diplomat and greeted him. "Hello sir, I'm Vice President Freis. I assume your the diplomat Vileria sent us to discuss the embassy." He asked showing hospitality.

Vilerian-Ebrossian Border

The officer looked at the man and then his second. He looked at the man and his family and raised his hand, to which you can see the ranks stiffing up a bit. "Men! Disengage." The officer said, which was followed by the ranks behind him lower their weapons and relax a bit. "Step off of your horses, we'll escort you to our fort nearby." He said as he and his second took their hands off their sidearms.

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[Clockwork_Magic]

Vilarian Reich

Diplomatic Affairs
Abraham nodded. "Excellent. We'll have the road begin construction immediately. I'll just have to Minister Karoline- ah, there she is right now. Corinna!" he said just as Minister of the Interior, Corinna Karoline, was passing through the halls. "What is it this time, Abraham?" she said. "I'll need a road constructed from Folis to the border." "The border, what for?" she inquired. "It's needed to establish trade with Ebross. Ah, speaking of, this is Chairman Garza of Ebross. He'll be the Ebrossian ambassador here. Oh and speaking of, I'll also need an embassy building constructed in the city." Corinna sighs. "Alright then, I'll see what I can do. Pleasure meeting you Chairman Garza." She said before walking away. "Now that that's settled, I'd like to discuss what kind of shipments we'd be sending to eachother. Vilaria has some spices and various materials that we can ship to you, but I'll have to get the Chancellor's approval."

Markus smiled. "Indeed I am. I was also sent here to discuss trade between our two nations. My nation has plans to build a road from our Southern most city, Folis, to our shared border to help with the trade. The Ministry was wondering if your government had any plans of also building a road from one of your cities to meet our road."

Franz Royal Family
Hearing this Otto was eased a bit. Stepping of his horse he said "Thank you sir. Let's go children." Friedrich shook Alena "Come on, we need to get going." Alena didn't respond. Friedrich lifted her head to see that she had passed out. He sighed and picked up and carried his sister in his arms and walked with the men and his father.
Space_Kaiser

Internal Affairs
Citizens of the cities of Vilaria and Folis are anxious to see the football (not American football) game between the nation's two most prestigious universities: the USV (University of Southern Vilaria) Hunters and the VSU (Vilarian State University) Eagles. While the populous is excited to see this match occur, there are some worries that hardcore fans of both teams may cause fights within the stadium.​

 

[Kazami42]

Contact

"Alright, you all going to have to come port so can sort this out!" After yelling that back he would look behind his submarine back at the Dreadnought and try finding his flare gun. After loading in a green flare, he fired it into the air in it's direction. After a minute the Dreadnought fired one back but it was yellow, signifying that they would still fire if the slightest mishap were to happen. The Captain would then look back to the other submarine, "You'll do fine!" he would then continue under his breath "Somvei." [Probably.] As B-42 would continue to go back to Klyst, the Captain would look back at a loud sound about twenty minutes later. "Sunda merkovy svetmur?" [Oh God, what is it now?] The other Celestial submarines would still remain under the water watching the fleet, and one of the two Victory-class submarines had to relocate away from the Royal fleet once spotting them, because they had moved into it's line of fire and thus ruining it's chance to get a good shot off if needed. A Burma submarine had to get out of the way of one of the Alacrean's submarines, because otherwise they would of collided into each other. The submarine had a magical engine like B-42 and unlike the crew, the operator could actually see the incoming sub due to the side effect of having bonded with the non-visible aura surrounding the interior and exterior of the sub. One of it's benefits allowing the operator to have a entire view of the submarine in every direction. The operator would try moving the submarine out of the way, and yelled at the crew to full ahead and dodged the Alacrean submarine entirely. After it had dodged the submarine, it would proceed to surface as a precaution. "Reckless bastards tried to kill me!" The operator yelled and proceeded to curse up a storm, with the crew attempting to calm her down. In the process of this surfacing, the submarine was now capable of being spotted by the Vyan and Alacrean fleets. After this, the Admiral was obviously annoyed and used one of the smaller escape boats on board the Dreadnought with a security detachment to visit the Alacreans, and figure out what was going on with them and the unknown fleet being there.

SD Meeting
After Klaus was done speaking Representative Sveridge Verindi would proceed to speak, "We appreciate the gesture of you wishing for our nations to familiarize, however this is all very sudden. I am afraid we are not at liberty to make any clear judgements about each other. Also, I do not believe our developers, primarily the Burj races, would be happy with sharing their technology with a complete stranger. I hope you understand."
Kent
General Deth Glitch ​

 

[Am Vya]

The Latvyan Empire

Foreign contact:

The Latvyan captian continued contact with the Celestial submarine crew, after receiving the offer from the submarine captain, the RLS Zharako relayed a message to the rest of the fleet that they would be heading in to the Celestial docks to sort out everything. After this the fleet was back on the move, docking in Klyst. Once the fleet docked the officers of the RLS Kurzakh would head off the ship and waited for signs of the Submarine that had headed back with them. The crews were ordered to remain on the ships but to be ready for anything in case. In many cases parts of the ships crews would look over at the dock at all of the foreigners, observing the way of life and such.

Research And Devlelopment:
Work on Project Erglis continues, with the first models being produced and prepared for testing.

Internal/Military Afflairs:

After weeks without contact a message was received from the 2nd Latvyan Expeditionary fleet that they had encountered a nation in the far south with quite similar technology, and the ability to speak Latvyan to a certain extent. This caused a ruckus in the government as they decided what choices should be made. It was eventually decided that a small force of 200 Latvyan soldiers and a team of diplomats should be sent down south toward the area to establish contact and possible relations with this new nation. The small group of ships would be escorted by two destroyers and headed along the route toward Celestia, which was...marked out enough...from the 2nd fleet, they knew the general direction they needed to go in.​

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[BLK]

The Vadian Navy​

Of the three fleets, the first was the only to get a response from anything that was alive. The fleet was greeted by a foreign fleet of superior size and strength that quickly approached. The Vice-Admiral came above deck, wildly waving his arms, waiting for communication. Finally, a similarly decorated man from the other vessels called back in an unfamiliar tongue. Given the fact that he had likely stepped into their waters, it was a miracle they had not been shelled yet, which meant they were trying to communicate.
"We are part of the Vadian Armada. We are currently in search of supplies and a safe harbor to dock at, as our nation is at war with itself."
While explaining, the elf made sure to made absurd hand motions that roughly seemed to transmit that all the Vadian ships were friendly, and all of them were going to die.
Kent
The second fleet of two destroyers fared slightly better in it's encounters; in that through not meeting anyone, they had no hostile interactions with anything besides gulls taking the liberty of resting and defecating on the decks of the ships. They did, however, spot what appeared to be a port city in the distance. After deliberating for some time, acting Captain Vernrich Untenbottom commanded that the fleet dock. They approached the city, and saw that indeed, this area hosted civilized life- albeit they had nothing that appeared to be similar to the Vadian steel and steam. However, upon closer inspection, these humanoid creatures turned out to be what the Vadians described as being from hell. They appeared civilized, but their external appearances caused ordinary sailor to recoil from fear.
Danzo
The third fleet was left waiting for quite some time. They simply followed the coast as they moved, hoping to god that they would find a port. They simply kept sailing, begging for anything as their supplied began to dwindle.
Kazami42

The Vadian Civil War

(Since Danzo wanted provinces on the map so badly, here they are bucko. Happy lol?)​

The Eastern push continues swiftly. The Monarchists won a resounding victory at Magdenburg,losing only 217 men, to the Socialists estimated 3,000 casualties in the offensive. Officially on the back foot, the northern socialists have begun surrendering in mass in the southern portion of the eastern line.
Of note, a group of foreign volunteers from the newly discovered nation arrived to support the Monarchist soldiers. The Layvyan brigade was allowed to join the forces under the command of Colonel Kantz, as he was most familiar with their language and culture. Already renowned for their ferocity in battle, the Latvyans have earned the nicknames of "Schafmorder", or Sheep Murderer.
Am Vya
However, all is not going so well on the southern front. Most notably, the Dammberg noble, Duke Byronson surrendered to the Syndicalists under certain conditions, which were never met. The only thing he received in return for his information and territory was a bullet between his eyes. The southern militias fight with a ferocity most Vadian men only see in their wives as they bring a child into the world. With the presumed desertion of all but two ships in the Navy, the coastguard who have begun to handle the front itself find their morale dropping faster than their comrades bodies.

Research
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(A LT-99 in it's testing phase. The Schewer company was given the role of testing the optimal barrel size and length, while also pioneering it's usage, circa 1699.)
Upon the completion of the tank prototype, the Vadian general staff immediately commissioned the research into improving upon the tank designs the Latvyans had brought with them. Through this, they where able to produce a tank that was just as fast as their quickest trucks, and carried the firepower only seen in their navy. This would truly be a powerful asset to the military.

Political​

(Photograph taken hours before the king was sworn in as the new monarch, circa 1699.)
General Gehrig-Ernhorn had finally made a decision. On the day after significant losses on the eastern front, and with the news of a large force being encircled by the enemy due to a military blunder, it was decided that George III, or rather King George III would lead the Vadian people to a new victory. At his crowning, the king chose to have himself sworn in with his hand over a military saber instead of the traditional Book of Law, which delivered the expected message to his new subjects. This display of force, and break from tradition gave the people exactly what they needed. In a normally anti-monarchist newspaper, a reporter even remarked "Even we in support of democracy can stand behind a king like George." In his younger years, the king was seen as the only noble who knew what it was like to live as the commoner lived, as he spent five years on a farm in the far west. "Perhaps the only good decision the General has made in the past month!" The same reporter proclaimed.

 

[sergeantgamer]

Empire of Yamashiro, Chaldae, Capital city of Caldy.

Empress Kaguya looked out the balcony of her palace and down into the streets below of the capital city, Caldy as they called it. It was bustling with activity, there was a festive mood in the air, it was not just the air but the people were excited as this was one of the holidays celebrated once a year all throughout the Empire of Yamashiro, the day where the Yamashiro Clan had managed to unite the other clans under one name and form the Empire. The music echoed through the streets in a slow pounding of the drums along where the prosetions went through, the lights of the candles shining brightly as the sun hid behind the horizon, its last rays fighting for dominance over the night sky.

Meanwhile, the young woman sighed, looked back into her room once, examining the clothes that had been laid out on her bed earlier. 'The dinner will officially start soon, I should get ready now.' Of course there were things she had to do as well, even if it was a national holiday this also meant work regarding her image in front of the Imperial Diet. Kaguya changed into a regal Kimono, parts of it hanging low and almost dragging along the floor of the palace as she made her way out of her room and down the stairs leading to the mess hall. Various ministers and officials were already seated down and waiting for her along with some closely related members of the Imperial Family.

"I am glad you were all able to attend today, thank you" She bowed in a respectful manner, the others returned the bow as she took her own seat at the table. "I am sure you are all informed of... the circumstances we will be marching into tomorrow, right?" high ranking officers of the army, navy, and air force were also present "The southern Kingdom of Allahucrea has shown that they do not have any good intentions towards our great Empire, but after studying the countless texts and seeing the old war´s movement maps by myself... I do believe we have a way in which we can win this coming war, quickly. I have run this plan past the commanders here." Kaguya nodded at the three different commanders handed small pamphlets to the maids who quickly handed them out to the minsiters. As they read, some of the ministers broke into murmuring between themselves, the prime minister spoke up soon enough "The plan seems solid, your Honor, but... do we have the resources? the man power?" there was a brief silence, the empress had her eyes closed the whole time before she opened them to look right at him "Prime Minister Atsuhiko, rest assured I have been told the preparations are complete, besides... what do you think the new Shangri-La carriers were made for? with this plan... the northern defensive line that the nation of Allahucrea possesses wont be a problem. However, all shall be revealed tomorrow, lets enjoy ourselves tonight, shall we?"

The food was served quickly, it was still steaming and the imperial family cooks were some of the best ones within the Empire of Yamashiro. One by one each minister finished their food, and one by one they left the premises of the Imperial Palace that shone brightly beneath the night sky and stood at the very top of the capital city itself...

 

[Am Vya]

Latvyan 98th Infantry Brigade:

The Latvyan Brigade assembled themselves near the town of Kruva(Kuravol in Vadian), preparing for an assault into the Socialist stronghold. At 2:50pm the order was given, to bombard and assault the town. A 15 minute bombardment of the city ensued, quickly followed by a offensive on multiple parts of the town. The Latyvan armored vehicles and tanks went in first followed closely behind by the infantry. The Brigade stormed into the town within minutes and all those who didn't surrender quickly were killed on the spot, after a few hours of fierce fighting the Latvyan's seem to have the upper hand and have driven most of the Rebels away.
Estimated casualties are in the hundreds for both sides.

Latvyan War Fleet Balta:

After news reached the Latvyan command that the Vadian's had lost most of the navy a small fleet was quickly assembled to join in the fighting. The fleet departed from Parhir and sailed full speed ahead to the Vadian waters. Within days the fleet was near and sailed by Royalist controlled coasts, dropping off supplies to the people along the way. Once near the Rebel waters the fleet formed a blockade, bombarding the Rebel controlled coastal cities and ships. A few extra ships were also brought along, Latvyan sailors recruiting any Vadian navy personal who would be willing to join the fight on the new ships.

The Latvyan fleet Balta consists of the following ships:
2 Kurzas class battleships
4 Koshlack class coastal defense ships
4 Mrazova class heavy cruisers
6 Myavrot class light cruisers
8 Nurvaan class submarines
6 Zharako class submarines
6 Rvastov class destroyers
10 Rhovai class torpedo ships

Vadian fleet Celta(Latvyan lended ships)
2 Koshlack class coastal defense ships
3 Myavrot class light cruisers
4 Mrasko class destroyers
12 Shrovat class guardships
BLK​

 

[Kazami42]

Contact, Klyst

After the fleet had docked in one of the larger ports, the situation was reported to naval high command. As the ships and their crews waited while docked, they could notice dozens upon dozens of strange looking boats scattered besides each other everywhere. And the submarines docked were all in a group of five. Some looked similar to the submarine before, while others were entirely unknown designs. There were even very tiny docks for them, and many more that were left empty. After fifteen minutes, men in black business suits would appear to all the docked ships with security personnel. They would inform the various crews that they would stay here for awhile while a investigation is had, and told the one in charge and in case there was no single person, every Captain where the "station" is for registration and record keeping. It was also there that they could speak with the Admiral of the area once he had returned, and that after they and their ships were registered for record keeping, they could be allowed to stay within various large housing structures or their ships to rest. They were also told that everything they had before, and every ship they had would be capable of returning home after investigation. However ships that were currently undergoing investigation would have to be cleared out to either a skeleton crew or entirely emptied during the investigation. After the ship would be searched, they could go back to resting in it if they so desired. The men also requested that all weapon systems on board to be in one way or another temporarily disabled during investigation, to prevent any serious incidents. The sights around the large port were as simple as it gets. Towards the island's mainland there is forest, and everywhere else is simply water. All of the buildings were located near the end of the port, or directly built onto it, and there were several locations around the port for loading and unloading cargo. It was also a place that was safe for ships during storms.

Am Vya

Since the Creans had entered deep into Celestial territory, they were offered to be capable of coming in as well. However Celestial or not, they'd have to face the registration station for record keeping. The only difference being they didn't have to undergo a investigation. They were also invited to speak about recent matters within said building. Since the Royal fleet also had the Celestial Admiral onboard one of their ships as requested earlier, the process of discussing matters could go even faster once they dock.

Kent

Second Contact

As another unknown fleet entered Celestial waters, three Burma submarines would have stalked it for the past two and a half hours. The submarines weren't anything special, they were of older design and thus their diving time has nearly been spent up, was ran by normal engines, and all but one being ran by a entire crew of average human beings. Since they were just the average patrol, they didn't exactly know what to do with them. Since it wasn't wartime they didn't just outright fire at them, and they didn't believe surfacing was the best idea. After a few minutes the fleet could see a patrolling destroyer in the distance, returning home for the day. It wasn't going at it's full speed, and despite this it still probably wouldn't have noticed them at all if it wasn't for a sailor smoking out back. The man didn't even bother to stop smoking while he quickly power walked to the bridge. Several other people also noticed the fleet in the far distance afterwards, and went to notify the Captain. A few moments later and the fleet could notice a single barrel raising up aiming at them. The ship beginning to turn to the left as a defensive maneuver, and to bide time to the mainland in the event it was a hostile force.

BLK

Internal affairs

After the Naval treaty was abolished, the Navy no longer had any real limitation especially towards construction of not purely technological means. This had mixed opinion due to what it meant while it was in place, and how long it existed. Some didn't care, others were greatly displeased, some were fine with it, the Burj races being overly excited about it, Admiralty in general not knowing what to do with it. The primary opinions being that it was taken down by Natalia for the express purpose creating a Burj Utopia despite having fought for and enforcing it for up to now, and the other being that it was a weakness to the Navy that had to be removed in order for it to succeed. This lead to Amburj celebrations across the nation.
The investigation into the death of Army Colonel Berjan Mindozi just continued. Nothing more was discovered besides the fact that the death was more likely a murder than self committed, simply because of both the placement of the knife, and the wound in question being a slit throat. He still in his seat with his hand holding on to his alcohol, thus making no sense as to how the knife would of ended up on a far off table instead. The only other theory for it being as ridiculous as it sounds... The man was drinking, ended up walking over to a nearby knife and taking it, slitting his own throat, and then proceeding to place the knife down and then walking over to his desk, then he would perfectly seat himself casually before leaning back dead. Surprise to no one, the second theory was not taken as a possibility.

R&D
Project Vikta Morandi. [Metal Leviathan.]
This project is for recreating the Amburj Navy.
The order for constructing 4 Victory-class submarines with two having magical engines,
4 normal Burma-class submarines,
and a single heavy cruiser with a magical engine.
All of these differ from the normal navy in the way that they are all colored in some form of grey or combination with dark color, as a form of emotionless dull representation of normal naval ships. They were to also have their own flags, some with magical engines, and hull markings to differentiate them from the normal Navy.​

The Burj have also demanded to own their own form of flagship and a new age of submarines in general, This idea would create 4 58 - 59 meter submarines accordingly to the pre-treaty design but using present day knowledge and techniques. Following this would be a new form of design which includes 1 63 meter long submarine, and 2 sister submarines of greater length also copying the Burma hull. The goal was to create a oceanic version of the overly successful Burma series of submarines, and having 2 sister subs as flagsubs. The thought behind it being that if the hull survives testing, then it would be the most thin submarine in Celestia's control capable of oceanic travel. Thus it would outclass the Victory-class submarine in size reduction, and lessens the chance of it's width causing problems in various situations. If proven successful enough, then it'd provide more internal room for further implementation or increase of equipment in the future. It was also theorized that size could also potentially aid with diving time by adding more equipment or enlarging it, could go further or making it more efficient by enlarging the engine, and wanted to know what happens when increasing crew supplies. All of which had yet to be tested especially on a oceanic submarine, and smaller than a Victory-class submarine. Considering the Burj think of themselves as experts at knowing water and vessels for it, they believed 7 submarines were all they needed for testing. Which they denied the original 15 suggested by human admiralty. They also didn't care much for separating test subs for specific purposes, and instead intend on testing various ideas in single submarines at once. Such as one submarine being tested for increase in crew supplies, enlarged engine, and less torpedoes to make room for an additional engine. Which Admiralty considered making all three tests for three entirely different submarines. This rejection led to a smaller order for the Burj fleet, but their wishes were ultimately granted. They would be allowed only seven submarines for testing purposes, and admiralty expects that none will survive due to Amburj insanity.​

 

[Karcen]

Heleg bar​

Internal affairs

The search over the months had turned up a long list of those that were corrupt and the extent of their crimes. Most of these people would actually be let go with nothing happening as they weren't that bad a little corruption was understandable and expected. Still the high king found even in her court there were those that she felt would be beyond her standards for acceptable, still her court was not the only one as the other kings had their own issues. Normally she woudl leave this alone and allow the others to take care of their own as they had no one to sell them out to and there was little harm in it. Still with the work that Xullva planned, they needed to make sure the funds would not be taken and made to line someones coffers. She had only one option to make sure the others did was was necessary, she would have to call a council. A council was the high king calling all the other together to talk over issues that affected them all, in truth this was done very rarely and for the most part meant that there was a grievance or a great work was going to be started.

the council

It took around 2 weeks to get all the kings in one place, they were gathered in the ancient council room that had been built to celebrate the formation of the kingdom, the table was one massive stone that was inlaid with intricate designs and a full map of the kingdom that had been built, each city marked by a crest. The kings sat in ornate chairs that were almost thrones in their own right, though Xurlva's chair was a step above the rest and was fitting of high king.

" As the messages said i have a few important announcements. " she started as all eyes turned to her. " Well they are not all good, i have conducted and investigation and discovered several members of each of your courts is embezzling or otherwise corrupt" Xurlva said to which several kings started to get up to shout.

" Now before you get excited i have evidence and i found the same issues in my court" she explained meaning they all had issues though why she had done this was still in question.

Xurlva had decided to give them the bad news first then the good news to get them excited. The people loved a big building project and few were as big as a brand new city. she had envisioned a massive city that woudl be a forge and factory, completely dedicated to production and the honing of the arts of metal working, inviting, and construction. When this was finished all would remember her and the other kings.

" Now then the good news, " she said pausing as they turned back to her from their private talks " and the reason i want to deal with the issues each of us have,. We shall build a new city, not just any city but a forge city made in a living volcano where we will use the power of the worlds, life blood to make anything we want." She explained and the kings cheered this was to be the biggest greatest thing they had ever done.

The kings would then get down to talking about who would do what and where the deep roads would come from all the kings wanted to be attached to this and have their names on it. The woudl all be sorted out once they had their courts in order.

 

[Am Vya]

1st Latvyan Expeditionary Fleet:

After sailing around the continent south of them the Latvyan fleet approached Roodieland, sending a message to the city requesting to dock for a few hours to resupply. The ships made sure to note they had no intentions of hostility toward the Rike or its people and would only stay as long as needed to be ready to continue their journey.
OrenjiGatsu

Klyst, Celestia:

After being notified of the investigations the ships crews were emptied save for the vital members. Minus those personal, the rest of the crews were gathered in front of their ships and wait for the inspections to be over. Once they started most crews were dismissed and quite a few began wandering along the docks, looking around at any nearby shops, watching cargo be unloaded, all that stuff. The high command of the fleet meanwhile gathered near a warehouse and started discussing future plans as well as what they would talk about with the Celestial command. It wasn't too suspicious but didn't quite look like a entirely innocent gathering as well as they occasionally pointed out places that seemed to house defenses, weak points, and different buildings that could hold some useful supplies.​

Kazami42 ​

 

[Danzo]

Port Town of Casrai
Today was quite a peaceful day for the citizens of Casrai. The fishermen had just had just set out, the students were starting school, and the merchants were setting up shop for the day when on the horizon two giant floating gray blobs appeared. Upon, seeing them the town guards pulled out their telescopes to view these blobs. With the objects, now able to be discerned, it was determined they looked similar to giant sailboats made of metal. The Guards, not knowing if these were a threat or not, sent out a series of magic pulses requesting for the sky fleet and mages. After the pulse was sent out, a team of experienced mages and seamen were gathered at the docks to prepare for these so-called ships.


Grand Sky Docks
A figure can be seen running down a hall before slowing down and opening a door on their left. Inside of this room were various tables, maps, blueprints, books, and pieces of paper strewn about haphazardly along with an older man sitting behind an ornate desk. He had gray, oily hair hanging awkwardly over a tired old wrinkled face. His Amber eyes sunken in stared sullenly over a blueprint he seemed to be working on. His horns now brittle and a mute brown, curled around his forehead acting as a laurel wreath made of bone. This man was Dreastyu current Magilent of the Military.

Coughing into their hand the figure addressed Dreastyu with a formal, yet urgent tone. "Magilent Dreastyu! An emergency pulse has come in from Casrai requesting the entire Sky Fleet, two teams of Gauntlet Mages, a small squad of Lightning Mages, and a Corrosion Mage. This request is waiting for your approval so they may mobilize post haste." Dreastyu looked up from his work for a bit to listen to the person before continuing his work while addressing them "The request is denied instead, send one team of Gauntlet Mages, the Sky Fleet, and a Corrosion Mage. In case this is a threat can't lose too many assets at once. Also, have several recovery teams on standby just in case. Dismissed." The nodded before giving Dreastyu the form to sign and make changes to before they headed out to deliver the orders.


Casrai Docks
Back at the docks, the ships had pulled in to dock while the local forces prepared for either a fight or a simple resupply. A courier arrived, while they were waiting, to inform the Head Gaurd about their request being altered and approved. While this was happening, the fearful looks on some of the humanoids on the ship. Some of the guards and seamen there tensed further up upon seeing this. While the Ships were docking the Sky Fleet could be seen coming from behind the hills next to the town. The Guards who could see them relaxed somewhat at this promising change.

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[Kazami42]

Contact, Klyst

[Best that I found m8, take it or leave it.]
Some of the personnel sent to look at the first series of vessels would notice their crews just standing right outside of it, they didn't give it much thought than a stare because they assumed the crews already knew that inspections would take over a day to complete. These personnel consisted of mix-and-matching of regular humans, elves, and Amburj. Some Burj having grey skin, others entirely albino with grey tint, some were short, others were at least six feet tall, and the slight appearance changes just continued from there. They were easily distinguishable due to the various races of Burj just wearing white uniforms, and everyone else wearing the standard naval uniform. Some personnel were in worker's clothing, sent in to explore the more dangerous sections of vessels. The high command of the fleet around a warehouse would notice a distance away a Burj woman that was about eight feet tall. She was with one other and two men, that varied between five - seven feet tall. It appeared that she was ordering them around. They all wore white uniforms with slight differences. The woman that was six feet tall having grey shoulder pads with black coloring around her collar, the others wore a white cap. After the three left after some time, the taller one of the bunch seemingly noticed the strange group up at the warehouse. She was significantly different to the previous people seen around, in the way that she had a large horn on her forehead. After a few seconds she just left casually. She wasn't the only one of similar description they could of seen, a few minutes later they could of spotted a rather tall man of similar description just wandering around aimlessly. There were more people around of what they could consider as average height, with a few exceptions dotted about.

During the first hours of inspection, various Burj could be spotted mostly around the vessels within the bridge, engine, and weapon sections. The smaller personnel of the bunch would move about the more cramped spaces, using their small frames as an advantage. They didn't do anything to the ships they were on, but instead took notes and just examined what they could. Some even measuring the barrels on the turrets, and the turrets themselves. The human portion of the inspection personnel would have the ship's original crews still on them watch to make sure nothing went missing, since they didn't exactly trust the others ability to follow orders. Some ships had Burj inspection crews leaving them earlier than others, with them not thinking much about the ships at all. But they were more interested with the bigger ships, submarines, and a few misc systems on some of the smaller vessels. The Burj personnel, even if human inspection crews already looked at ships or subs, would usually stay around those longer for as long as they deemed necessary. The Submarines they had the most intent on "examining" the most, even though the engines of them the Burj didn't take as anything important enough to note. Some had their sights on the submarines primarily due to the fact of their shape, and how they appear to be boats. But they quickly distinguished the difference simply by comparing the interior of them with their own submarines. They were also capable of figuring out control mechanisms which aided with distinguishing it, although a few appeared to be very different and made examiners more curious. This being something that the normal human and even elven inspection teams would either over look, or not understand and thus could of mistaken it easily as a strange boat. They were also known to be submarines simply due to previous events. Burj Inspections would range between two - ten hours or more, depending on size of ship and what peaked their interest most. However normal teams ranged between two - three hours. Somewhere during this time, some of the submarines from earlier would have returned and docked for the day.
Am Vya​

 

[Am Vya]

Klyst, Celestia

After hours of waiting some of the crews ventured off a little and started to explore, although most stayed and went back onboard after. Some of the soldiers investigated the housing they were offered. I dont know what to keep writing for this at all so just look at the image and imagine a bunch of drunk Latvyan's doing random things...nothing could go wrong......right?

Meanwhile the crews grew more suspicious as their ships were measured and ran around to all sorts of rooms and machinery. Some of the capitans of the ships started to talk amongst themselves how this isn't even a inspection anymore but a report of all of the ships in an attempt to copy the designs. Some other captains brought it up with the human investigators...or at least tried to, not knowing the Celestial language they just hoped they understood Latvyan.​

Kazami42

 

[Kazami42]

Contact, Klyst

It was a sight to behold on the Lat ships. They probably never seen so many bodies crammed right up next to areas of interest to the Amburj. They just kept looking around, examining, measuring, and taking notes of everything as they were doing before. Most of everyone the Latvyans could of spoken to didn't understand them, some had to get help, others were ordered to carry on, and only one of two men actually had translation magic to understand them. One man had brown hair and a smooth voice, he was one of the inspection team leaders. He knew their reasons of concern, and was actually quite annoyed of the Burj getting in the way at times. He and one other inspection team leader on another ship that was a relatively short Burjan man would be the only ones doing something, the Burjan removing his kin from about thirteen of their ships and a submarine without any resistance. The original man however would try to confront the Burjans directly from one of the larger vessels. It appeared that it wasn't his lucky day, because he stumbled across one of the Burjan clan "princesses". A woman around five foot seven and a black tattoo on the back of her right hand in the shape of a sea serpent's head with horns, she also wore a white uniform with a sash that was colored red with white stripes. She had glowing red eyes, and was extremely pale with a single elongated horn on her forehead. After three minutes of contact, the woman would just be yelling at the man in a strange foreign language. She was so loud that she disrupted most activity that was going on. Some of the men who were just hanging around would immediately get up and leave, while others tried figuring out what was going on. This didn't last very long before the woman just manhandled the inspection leader overboard. After this, security forces arrived and she would be escorted away, while the remaining personnel would try getting their team leader out of the water with a rope. While the majority of inspection teams would have now left and the ships were free, several vessels were still technically being terrorized by a bunch of Amburj men and women examining them. Another man that had help from a translator would just say that inspection will be completed once the Burj were done, and he couldn't really help them at this point. By this time, the Admiral would also be returning to port.
Am Vya​

 

[sergeantgamer]

Empire of Yamashiro, Capital city of Caldy

The port section of the city was bustling with activity, trains coming and leaving as cranes loaded and unloaded cargo onto docked ships. Planes flew overhead as preparations were being done, landing on a carrier within the harbour.

Men and women alike boarded the cargo ships, these were troops that were being sent south along with a fleet as an expeditionary force. So far they had met their neighbour, the Kingdom of Alacrea whose relationships were bitter with the Empire of Yamashiro.

One Chaldae class battleship, a Shangri-la class carrier, 8 Beijing class cruisers and 14 Mekajiki class destroyers waited within the harbour as the cargo ships were loaded with supplies, personnel, equipment, etc. The size of the expeditionary land force being transported would be of about the size of a single brigade, some 3600 men along with a couple of tanks and artillery pieces.

The Empress herself was there to see the fleet off. Wives and husbands alike waved goodbye at the leaving sailors and soldiers, the horns of the ships sounding through the air as they left. Fireworks exploded up in the air as women and mothers weeped for the ones they loved, not knowing how long they'll be gone.

The fleet itself would leave port and began skirting along the coast before cutting out to sea to keep clear of Alacrean waters as they made their way south, planes always keeping a watchful eye over the seas ahead.

 

[Kazami42]

Somewhere outside Klyst

Due to recent events, patrols were scheduled more regularly. While some patrol forces were from other areas, the Klyst Naval Base had a mandatory patrol schedule until lowered due to considerable sized fleets in the area. Because of this, the Victory-Class submarines at port were sent out for regular patrols along with other vessels at times. This patrol consisted of 5 submerged Victory-class submarines, a heavy cruiser and 5 Burma, 1 with a Veridian Engine classified as B-42. Normal procedure for submarines being to act as recon subs in times of peace. The procedure however varied for Burma submarines, the purpose of this being for the spotted vessels to go deeper into Celestial territory for quicker response from the military. The patrol was just sent out recently, and thus they didn't make it to deep sea. Personnel on the ship would be using binoculars in an attempt to detect vessels in the far off distance, the crew besides gunners would be within the ship minding their own business as per usual. Some were eating, others were conversing with each other about the Latvyan fleet from earlier, the rest were just walking around the ship or were performing usual low-tier maintenance checks.
sergeantgamer ​

 

[sergeantgamer]

Celestian Waters, somewhere along the east coast.

The cruiser crew would be surprised by the sight of a seaplane as it passed overhead and circled once, firing a flare into the air before retreating the way it came from, disappearing just as quickly.

The plane itself had a dark green paintjob with one red stripe along the tail and wingtips. The seaplane noticed the submarines below as well, reporting that as well as they made their way back.

Shangri-La class carrier, command deck.

The Admiral aboard wondered what to do. The seaplane scout reported that there was a cruiser and a couple of submarines were not of Alacrean make or design, and if it was, it was a never before seen type.

Now the question hung in the air, should they come into contact or avoid this encouter?

 

[BLK]

The Vadian Civil War

The Eastern Front
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(Militiamen fighting in ruined cities, alongside civilian recruits, at their makeshift trenches, circa 1699.)
Things have begun to look grim for the eastern front. The socialists have begun to find support from the many victims of the violence in the cities on the front line. Often, entire divisions would find themselves cornered in a street behind civilians who the socialists had armed. With the fighting dragging on, the organization of the rebels has also significantly improved in the north. Although the encirclement on the southern end of the front has been broken, it was at the cost of valuable factories and men. In the northern portion, the socialists have begun to make rapid gains, pushing back towards the capital, hoping to force the new King to declare their independence.
The King has issued and emergency request to the highest Latvyan officials for assistance on the northern front, requesting a stronger presence in the region, so the war may be prevented from dragging on much longer.
Am Vya

The Southern Front
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(Emilia "Lady Luck" Von Formann, standing atop a building in the reclaimed port city of Balta, circa 1699.)
Emilia Von Formann, or as the soldiers of the southern front have begun to call her, Lady Luck, has been a unifying force throughout all of Dammberg. Although she had to pretend to be a man to enlist initially, she proved to be as capable as most men in battle. Luckily, she had a fairly liberal commanding officer, who permitted her to stay in the forces. Her rise to fame was at the Battle for Balta, where she killed 23 syndicalists, single-handedly securing safe passage for 400 troops who had been forced to hold out in a ruined factory-complex. Immediately after, she was brought to other places of fighting as a symbol of victory, serving to unify the troops around her. She has officially been promoted to Sargent- making her the first woman to ever hold an officer's position. Thanks to the Latvyan support in the region, the entire coastline has come under control of the Monarchists.

The Port Incident​

(Vadian ships docked among other ships in a foreign port, circa 1699.)
The two ships found themselves alone, in a foreign land, with demons as hosts. Things didn't seem like they could get worse. Of course, it the old Vadian proverb "A wagon will always lose it's wheel; It's just a matter of when," should have warned these soldiers to expect this foreign land to hold more than they could have imagined. Eventually, one of the two ships had to act, so upon seeing the flying things approaching, the acting captain decided to take matters into his own hands. He ordered himself to be taken down to meet with an official, with a group of armed guards. Stepping out, the soldiers waltzed along the port, stopping a few hundred meters past their ships, waiting for someone to approach.
Danzo

The Second Contact​

The fleet found itself clearly in the middle of somebody's territory. A soldier had spotted what appeared to be a submarine's periscope peering just above the surface. Not much could surprise the starved men at this point. They had received a radio signal from the other fleet that they'd encountered demons and flying boats, among other things. An entire half of the fleet hadn't responded in days, which meant they had been destroyed. The soldier informed his captain of what he had witnessed, and immediately went back to take a smoke break somewhere else that didn't host anything to disturb him.
With the news, the captain immediately walked to the back of the ship, with a flag of surrender, waving it wildly over his head, waiting for a response. Waving hands wildly seemed to be a common action for Vadian military officers.
Kazami42

 

[Kazami42]

Somewhere near Klyst

The submarines lagging behind around the Cruiser were unphased. The only response it got was from the cruiser, which was trying to figure out who was suicidal enough to fly around with nothing to go back to. They were surprised by a plane being there but primarily due to it's direction, because of there being nothing around in it's direction. They knew it wasn't their own aircraft because most actual planes would be primarily operating around land, and sea operations were lousy when it comes to launch and landing. The only solution to the theory were mages, but if that were the case they wouldn't fire off a flare and they would of been vastly smaller in profile. Several other theories such as invaders was brought up, and another being someone in need of help and had somehow flew this far. The Captain considered just ignoring it to continue on the patrol, but considering oddities like this was to be necessary to investigate they would stop. The ship's propeller stopping was a sign to B-42 and thus the submarine surfaced to figure out what the problem was. The operator informed Captain Sarmin that she saw the cruiser's propeller stop, and thus surfaced. With nothing else to go off on, the Captain would emerge from the submarine's conning tower and notice the flare in the sky. He would look around for a few seconds before making his way onto the ship, where he was informed of a strange unidentified flying object. He was ordered to follow the ship to investigate in the event the aircraft was to crash land, and help if possible. After coaxing the other submarines to the surface through rotating their periscopes from the outside, and some through literal knocking in a pattern on the hull by swimming Burj crewmen using magic, they were also informed of the orders. After that the cruiser and B-42 would go alone towards the direction the aircraft went, while the rest of the patrol continued moving east at a slow pace at periscope depth.
sergeantgamer

Second contact

The destroyer noticed the strange unknown flag and waving lunatic with it. It was just a blank white flag, the crew didn't know what to think of it. The ship didn't stop it's maneuver however, instead the Captain ordered one of his crew to station a signal lamp. The man would run down from the bridge all the way down to the deck, and man one of the signal lamps. The opposite fleet would notice a light flickering coming from the destroyer in a pattern, if they actually had a similar pattern of code they used then they would actually understand. The ship was demanding to know what they wanted, and to identify themselves.
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[RIPSaidCone]

Los Algores, Golden State, Allied Republics of Heimarkia
March 18th, 2010 - Heimarkian Calender
NA, NA, 1699 - Arret Calender

/>"Dispatch, Car 87 going Code 3 on potential 10-15 on the intersection between Albert and Weston."</ A police officer said, speaking into his radio as he sat in the passenger's seat at the front of him and his partner's patrol car as said partner leaned down to a small box in-between the two chairs and flicked a switch. The lightbars on the front, back and top of the patrol vehicle now turning on and the famous sirens of law enforcement screeching out as the car sped up on its journey down the busy avenue that it had found itself using. Civilian vehicles now turning over to the sides as they were lawfully required to in-order to give the cop car some space to get to its destination faster. "What'd you think it is?" The officer known as Halsey asked curiously, both hands on the steering wheel, only turning a slight look to his partner as to keep most of his attention on the road ahead. "Probably just some junkie freaking out the tourists." Halsey's partner, Fredricks replied with a strong nonchalant quality about the way that he said it, which wasn't exactly unjustified given how regularly they had to deal with this kind of thing, LA was a pretty freaky city after all and it wasn't entirely out of the ordinary for the pair or the department that they belonged to overall. Their car turned a sharp corner and rapidly approached the specified intersection where the reported disturbance was taking place. Fredricks groaning loudly as he saw a traffic jam up ahead, obviously a result of whatever the hell was going on at Albert and Weston, the patrol car slowing down to a stop at the side of the road as the two officers got out, unbuckling themselves and Fredricks grabbing his Harrington 620 shotgun as the now audible sound of distressed civilian screaming could be heard echoing down the seemingly everlasting lines of blocked vehicles, impatient drivers honking their horns and poking their heads out of their windows to see what was going on.

"Hey, what the hell's going on, I've gotta get to work." One of the previously mentioned drivers asked with a hint of irritation present to Halsey as the officer shrugged. "Don't know, that's why we're here. Roll up your fucking window." Before he continued on with his steady jogging pace down the congested avenue. Fredricks raising his radio to his mouth as they approached, setting his sights on what was most likely the cause of the disturbance, and fuck was it bad--but also strangely amusing. />"Dispatch, Car 87 proceeding on foot to confirmed 10-15 between Albert and Weston. Suspect is caucasian male, long brown hair, shirtless and wielding what appears to be a long wooden stick, be advised suspect appears deranged. Advise caution to any further emergency personnel."</ Placing the radio back onto his upper torso he and his partner made their way to the intersection itself, the occupants of the cars at the front of the traffic jam having gotten out and taken some smart cover behind the cars behind the ones they owned, clearly intimidated by the way the man was acting. Not that the officers could blame them. The man was for lack of a better word, a total freakshow. Dirt and grime covered him from head to toe and he was donning nothing more than a disgustingly overworn pair of cargo pants, his hair went down to his shoulders and Halsey was ninety percent sure he saw a bird nesting in it it was that messy and untamed. The man really did look as if he'd been lifted straight out of a fantasy novel, the two officers gazing over to one another from the corner of their eye momentarily before raising their weapons in the man's direction, using the already-opened car doors around them as cover. The deranged, stick-wielding man's attention turning to the two uniformed figures as Fredricks yelled out.

"Sir, this is the Los Algores Police Department. Drop the stick and get down on your knees." With that, it seemed as if everything went quiet for a moment. Bystanders and drivers alike watching in curiosity, some with their phones out recording the incident as everyone, officers included awaited the man's response. His response coming in the form of screeching, screeching in a manner that made what he was saying barely audible but with the intent clear enough, hostility. Halsey responded first, flicking the safety off of his pistol, the sound indicating to his partner to do the same for his shotgun, both of the pair's grips flexing on their weapons as the deranged figure before them raised his stick, seemingly chanting something before the end of said stick-looking device lit up in a cocktail of all the hot colors, red, orange and yellow. A ball of said colors then flying off the end of it and hitting the front of one of the fortunately empty vehicles, sending Halsey running back for extra cover, yelling a multitude of PG13 curses as he done so. Fredricks wasting little time in firing his weapon and pumping it ready before firing again, a barrage of heavy-duty shells ripping the man's ribcage apart as he was quite literally blown off of his feet and sent a few feet backwards onto the cold paved street below. "Everyone get back!" Fredricks yelled, moving out from behind his cover and approaching the now quite-clearly deceased man, shotgun still raised however as he nudged the newly ownerless stick with his work shoe before turning around. "Halsey! You alright!?" A sight of the bald, shades-donning officer appearing unharmed but a bit shook from the encounter from behind a now damaged vehicle with a smile and a thumbs up telling his black-haired counterpart all that he needed to know. "The fuck was that?" Halsey called out as he walked out into the empty intersection. "I don't fucking know, fuck." Fredricks said with gritted teeth, pulling his radio to his mouth again. />"Dispatch, Car 87. Suspect deceased on Albert and Weston, 10-33. 10-50 confirmed, get LAFD down here. Also needing a 10-51 and we've got an additional 10-53 at the intersection between Albert and Weston. Need additional officers to direct traffic flow."

"That it?" Halsey questioned, gesturing to the stick that now laid inactive on the concrete. "The fuck do you want us to do with that thing?" Fredricks asked, irritated clear as day by the question. "Fucking call it in or something, that shit isn't natural." Fredricks waved him off. "I guaran-fucking-tee you that the feds'll be down here in ten minutes. Watch." And so they did, and as predicted those sleek black sedans and SUVs did indeed arrive on time, though to no one who was present's surprise.​

 

[sergeantgamer]

Fleet off the waters of Klyst

The Admiral onboard the Shangri-La carrier wondered what to do about the situation, finally deciding to keep going through with the original plan which consisted of exploring and if possible establishing contact with other civilizations, surely this early into the campaign it would be beneficial for his image as well as a probable audience with the empress.

Establishing communications came first, so he would set course for the cruiser's last known location... if the information was right, both groups would encounter each other soon enough.

 

[Space_Kaiser]

The Federal Republic of Ebross


Diplomatic Affairs

Chairman Garza smiled and waved the the lady walking away before turning his head back towards. He listened to the Prime Minister's trading offers, to which he smiled and nodded. "Yes if your leader approves of those we will humbly accept. Ebross can trade valuable fish meat, as well as metals and jewels. Of course I would also get word if the president agree's to this as well, but I feel that he will easily accept this deal." Meanwhile back in Ebross Vice President Drake responded to the Vilerian diplomat. "Yes we do intend to build a road from Eelry to your city, once this trade deal goes through. We'll be hiring one of our best construction companies to build the road, which will be passing through towns and beautiful Ebrossian landscape." He said to the diplomat.

Fort Langen, State of Eelry

The squad of soldiers guided the former royal family towards the fort. When they arrived the size of the fortification was impressive, able to stalwart a force twice the size of it's defenders with ease. When they were let into the interior for the most part it showed completion, however there were some parts still incomplete than the rest. "We'll be taking you folks to the command bunker, there you will meet the commander and from there your in his hands." He said as they began to walk to the entrance of a underground portion of the fort. The squad leader ordered the horses be put with the rest and separate them from the regular horses. He then led the family inside towards the bunker, before finally opening to reveal the small yet busy room. "Sir! The former royal family of Vileria has survived, and is here sir!" He report, as the commander slowly looked up towards the former ruler.

Clockwork_Magic

External Affairs

In an effort to explore and discover new nations outside of Eparia, the Ministry of the Navy sent out a small fleet to explore the western ocean. The fleet would be headed by a single Ebross-class Battleship who will be accompanied by five Eustatia-class Cruisers, two Astraea-class Heavy Cruisers, and three Erith-class Destroyers. The fleet set out with cheers from the sole city that doesn't border the Ebrossian Sea, Dunwich, and began heading towards unknown lands.​

 

[BLK]

The Vadian Civil War


The Eastern Front​

The Eastern front with the socialists continues to be burdensome. With a competent leader at the crown, general Gehrig decided to place himself in a more useful position. Dedicating himself to the southern line, he successfully pushed northwards, however, with his push, the northern line began to crumble. The Monarchist armies have begun to fall back upon an ancient set of fortifications created when the Duchy of Aachmark fought for supremacy with it's rivals. There have been rumors that the newly designed LT-99 might see an early deployment in the northern front, should the line hold a few more weeks.

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(Johann Von Gunterram in an improvised foxhole, confirmed a kill in an enemy trench, circa 1699.)
The Eastern Front has not been without it's heroes. A legendary marksman by the name of Johann Von Gunterram has risen to national fame. Standing alongside Emilia in the minds of the soldiers, the man gained fame for a record number of hostile soldiers killed in an engagement. Wiping out an entire enemy squadron by himself, Gunterram's skills became the stuff of legends. Quickly, he found himself on recruitment posters, and being driven across the front, receiving visits from the King himself. Heroes like Johann surely will serve to unify the monarchist soldiers, who are losing hope on the Eastern front.

The Southern Front
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(Syndicalist gunners holding out during the battle at Remman. One of the few groups to ever advance to a strategic position, these men quickly were disposed of by Monarchist forces, circa 1699.)
At the city of Remman, Dammberg militias ran into a monarchist trap, which found the rebels gunned down in the thousands. Around 12 thousand militiamen died, whereas only 800 or so Monarchists fell. Known among the Syndicalists as the Massacre of Remman, the event has essentially made the southern offensive by the radicals moot. This engagement spells the end of the Syndicalist's brief rebellion.

(Syndicalists marching to Monarchist POW camps for dissidents, after defeat at the Battle of Kaan, circa 1699.)
Another significant battle occurred, resulting in the greatest surrender known to Vadian history. Around 5,000 Syndicalists surrendered when a force of 600 Monarchist marines encircled their camp. A new set of camps had to be constructed to house all the soldiers. Each soldier involved in the operation was given a King's Silver Medal, for their bravery and initiative. This marks the first set of wartime awards given out. Rumor has it that the king will be giving out the medals personally on the Eastern Front to help moral.

Contact
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The Vadian navy heading southbound found itself in an unusual situation. Somehow followed closely by sizable ships, it was being hailed by light-signal. The captain had been waving flags around, which had somehow evoked some sort of response. After the man saw the flashing, and paused, a deckhand ran to him, slipping on the freshly cleaned deck. After getting up and apologizing, he handed the captain a sheet of paper, waiting anxiously to be allowed to leave. Reading the paper, the captain learned that the signals translated to something by the Vadian naval code. Although long since abandoned due to the use of Radio, an older crewmen translated it to words. "Identify yourself, your purpose, and your location."
Writing his response down on a paper, the Captain commanded that they respond by light.
"Vadian Navy, low on supplies and fuel. Less than a day left. From the north."
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[Clockwork_Magic]

Vilarian Reich

Diplomatic Affairs
Abraham nods. "Excellent. Now, if you'll just follow me I'll show you to your temporary office while the official embassy building is being built." Abraham walks along the halls until reaching a room and opening it, all the while cheers and the announcer's voice could be heard from the nearby VSU Eagle stadium. "Here you are" he said. "If you have any questions just ask me or any of the ministers. I'll go get the trade deal approved now. Have a nice day."

Markus nods "Excellent. I believe by now the ministry has already started the road on our side of the border and trade negotiations are wrapping up. It's just a hunch though. I've not heard from the ministry since I left."

Franz Royal Family
Otto turned his attention to the commander. "Hello sir. We've come seeking asylum in your country from the nationalist government from our country." He said.
Space_Kaiser

R&D
Project Heizung is entering its final testing phases.

Internal Affairs
The football game runs long and the VSU Eagles are in the lead. Outraged USV fans have been harassing VSU fans in the stands. Several times security has had to been called in to settle the issue.

Construction on the road from Folis to the border has begun, as well as the Ebrossian embassy in Vilaria.

Exploration
In an effort to make contact with more nations of Arret a fleet of 2 light cruisers and 1 armored cruiser has been sent out from Araco (the Northeastern city) to explore the world.​