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Diplomacy and Events / Rediscovery of Zib Island (Attn: Miteravia and Zib)
« on: May 13, 2018, 06:09:43 PM »
Sea of Alucard, Aboard the MSS Heppenberg (Trade vessel), 03:30 19th February 2018
Captain Martin Exner awoke to his Midshipman, Josef, banging heavily on the door to his cabin. Exner sat up rubbing his eyes. The banging continued.
'Cap'n, It's Josef, you need to see this.'
'Bloody Hell,' Exner grumbled to himself, 'What is it Jo?'
'I don't know sir, Koenig spotted something on the LRS.' Josef continued. Exner opened the door.
'It's called a ship, Josef, there's lots of those out here on the Alucard.' Exner snapped.
Josef looked shocked. 'No sir, its big, bigger than a ship could be.'
'Could it be a war vessel? Lodja, Muneski, Nya Aland?' The Captain questioned.
'Come and see for yourself, sir,' Josef requested.
'Very well.' Exner mused.
He followed the Midshipman back to the bridge where he found many members of the crew crowding round the monitors. A smattering of different conversations were taking place, all just out of Exner's earshot.
'Crew, retake your posts. Koenig, what's going on?' The captain began.
Koenig stood to attention, 'It's the new LRS system, sir, its reading a landmass but there's no mapped island in that quadrant.'
'Well its clearly a glitch then isn't it? So we're going to need to return to port if this issue is serious, if the LRS is scuppered we can't continue on.' The captain explained reluctantly.
'No, sir, I checked as did Koch and Kalinowski, LRS is fully functional all diagonistics were clear. There's an island out there.' Koenig explained sheepishly.
'Captain, may I speak?' Seaman Dudek, also know as Patch due to a birthmark on his forehead, interjected.
'Mmmhmm, Patch, what have you got to add?' The captain sighed.
'Thank ye' sir, its was that storm last week I'd say. When we adjusted course we've gone a few miles wide of the normal trade route. By a few it's like 40 or so which might have been enough for us to be in range of this island if no one ever came so far east with this level of radar equipment before.' Patch said.
'Not a bad theory, Patch,' the Captain nodded, 'Koch, record this, send it to SFF command, get them to check this out. If the LRS is working fine, we continue our course.'
Sea of Alucard, Aboard the MSS Ramsau (Reconnaissance vessel) , 13:40 12th May 2018
Captain Exner was onboard once again, this time however the vessel was under the command of Captain Zumr. The ship also played host to a small detachment of IST Marines under the command of Major Ackermann. The bridge contained the necessary crew members and both captains, Exner sat nervously in his seat since he had received a fair amount of ridicule after he had claimed the Heppenberg had discovered an island without ever seeing it. Contrastingly, Zumr stood at the helm, hands on the desk scanning the horizon intently, only breaking his search to briefly check the LRS and other detector systems.
'So Exner,' Zumr mused, this sudden speech causing the other captain to spin in his seat. 'We're where you recorded your position and nothing yet.'
'Give it time...Captain.' Exner replied.
'We've come a long way already and there's no sign of anything.' Zumr retorted. 'Maybe it was just a glitch in the system? Did you ever think about that before throwing away your repuation and having command send me on a wild goose chase?'
'It was no glitch, Zumr, my crew assured me.'
'Again did you ever think your crew were wrong? They're merchant fleet after all, not the brightest...'
Zumr was cut short by a single beep. And another moments later.
The crew sprung into action, reading off dials and signals.
'Large unknown object detected, sir.' One of the crew members shouted. Zumr ran over, starting at the radar screen. A single green dot stared back. He spun on his heel.
'YOU,' he barked at a sailor, 'Fetch Major Ackermann,' he turned to Exner. 'by god, man you were right.'
'Apology accepted.' Exner smiled.
Coast of Zib, Aboard the Marine landing vessel, 15:15 12th May
Ackermann sat at the helm of the RIB as it hurtled towards the island.
'Right men, listen up!' He yelled over the sound of the air rushing past them and the sea crashing below them. 'We have no idea if the island is populated and if it is populated who is there and whether they are hostile... frankly we don't know a damned thing so body cams on and weapons at the ready. We're about 5 minutes out, we have to make radio contact with the Ramsau by 1700 hours or they assume we have encountered hostiles.'
The Miteravian Marines approached the shore at a rate of knots. Little did they know they were about to land on not just any island but on the island of Zib.
Captain Martin Exner awoke to his Midshipman, Josef, banging heavily on the door to his cabin. Exner sat up rubbing his eyes. The banging continued.
'Cap'n, It's Josef, you need to see this.'
'Bloody Hell,' Exner grumbled to himself, 'What is it Jo?'
'I don't know sir, Koenig spotted something on the LRS.' Josef continued. Exner opened the door.
'It's called a ship, Josef, there's lots of those out here on the Alucard.' Exner snapped.
Josef looked shocked. 'No sir, its big, bigger than a ship could be.'
'Could it be a war vessel? Lodja, Muneski, Nya Aland?' The Captain questioned.
'Come and see for yourself, sir,' Josef requested.
'Very well.' Exner mused.
He followed the Midshipman back to the bridge where he found many members of the crew crowding round the monitors. A smattering of different conversations were taking place, all just out of Exner's earshot.
'Crew, retake your posts. Koenig, what's going on?' The captain began.
Koenig stood to attention, 'It's the new LRS system, sir, its reading a landmass but there's no mapped island in that quadrant.'
'Well its clearly a glitch then isn't it? So we're going to need to return to port if this issue is serious, if the LRS is scuppered we can't continue on.' The captain explained reluctantly.
'No, sir, I checked as did Koch and Kalinowski, LRS is fully functional all diagonistics were clear. There's an island out there.' Koenig explained sheepishly.
'Captain, may I speak?' Seaman Dudek, also know as Patch due to a birthmark on his forehead, interjected.
'Mmmhmm, Patch, what have you got to add?' The captain sighed.
'Thank ye' sir, its was that storm last week I'd say. When we adjusted course we've gone a few miles wide of the normal trade route. By a few it's like 40 or so which might have been enough for us to be in range of this island if no one ever came so far east with this level of radar equipment before.' Patch said.
'Not a bad theory, Patch,' the Captain nodded, 'Koch, record this, send it to SFF command, get them to check this out. If the LRS is working fine, we continue our course.'
Sea of Alucard, Aboard the MSS Ramsau (Reconnaissance vessel) , 13:40 12th May 2018
Captain Exner was onboard once again, this time however the vessel was under the command of Captain Zumr. The ship also played host to a small detachment of IST Marines under the command of Major Ackermann. The bridge contained the necessary crew members and both captains, Exner sat nervously in his seat since he had received a fair amount of ridicule after he had claimed the Heppenberg had discovered an island without ever seeing it. Contrastingly, Zumr stood at the helm, hands on the desk scanning the horizon intently, only breaking his search to briefly check the LRS and other detector systems.
'So Exner,' Zumr mused, this sudden speech causing the other captain to spin in his seat. 'We're where you recorded your position and nothing yet.'
'Give it time...Captain.' Exner replied.
'We've come a long way already and there's no sign of anything.' Zumr retorted. 'Maybe it was just a glitch in the system? Did you ever think about that before throwing away your repuation and having command send me on a wild goose chase?'
'It was no glitch, Zumr, my crew assured me.'
'Again did you ever think your crew were wrong? They're merchant fleet after all, not the brightest...'
Zumr was cut short by a single beep. And another moments later.
The crew sprung into action, reading off dials and signals.
'Large unknown object detected, sir.' One of the crew members shouted. Zumr ran over, starting at the radar screen. A single green dot stared back. He spun on his heel.
'YOU,' he barked at a sailor, 'Fetch Major Ackermann,' he turned to Exner. 'by god, man you were right.'
'Apology accepted.' Exner smiled.
Coast of Zib, Aboard the Marine landing vessel, 15:15 12th May
Ackermann sat at the helm of the RIB as it hurtled towards the island.
'Right men, listen up!' He yelled over the sound of the air rushing past them and the sea crashing below them. 'We have no idea if the island is populated and if it is populated who is there and whether they are hostile... frankly we don't know a damned thing so body cams on and weapons at the ready. We're about 5 minutes out, we have to make radio contact with the Ramsau by 1700 hours or they assume we have encountered hostiles.'
The Miteravian Marines approached the shore at a rate of knots. Little did they know they were about to land on not just any island but on the island of Zib.