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Vignettes / Re: Finding the Lost and Forgotten
« Last post by Achkaerin on Today at 06:58:25 PM »The Dauntless Factor
Months... months of sailing around the Kyne, months of sonar and underwater drone searching, months of hypothetical mapping and all on a hunch to begin with. Still here the Discovery was sailing around, navigating the various small islands of the Kyne that lay roughly in the path of a journey from the Ardian Empire to Royal Seleucid, as that was the most likely destination based on their current thinking and no luck.
"It's a large haystack." Rosalie McLean said as she looked over the map of the Kyne on the computer
"I know but we've been at this for months and we're no nearer." Melanie Bell said "And we've been over this route with a fine toothcomb."
"It's not in the Shaw." Rosalie said "So it's got to be in the Kyne, there aren't any Ardian allies anywhere else."
"Maybe we're asking the wrong question." Melanie said
"Meaning?" Rosalie asked
"We're trying to figure out where the Wayfarer was going but it never got wherever that was right?" Melanie said
"Right." Rosalie said
"So why didn't it get there?" Melanie said
"Weather maybe but that's not normally deviation from heading." Rosalie said thoughtfully.
"But the Wayfarer would have had to get into the Kyne first and there are only two paths for that." Melanie said "And you don't go through the Austrana at that point in time, you go the other way. What if they were spotted? You've got four very anti Ardian Empire navies in the Rokkenjiman Sea at the same time so what are the odds that you get away and clear without one of them spotting the Wayfarer?"
"Astronomical." Rosalie said
"Let's talk to the Admiralty archive." Melanie said "They keep reports and such so if anything was spotted by the Achkaerinese navy it'll be there. And if not by them then we talk to the others."
"Ok." Rosalie said
The phone call was a quick one, the wait was about six hours but then they had it "Ros!" Melanie said "We got something."
"What?" Rosalie asked
"It's a ships log entry from the INS Dauntless." Melanie said "According to this the Dauntless spotted an Ardian flagged Galleon on the 17th of May 1862, they gave chase into the Kyne, they caught the Ardian vessel on the 4th of June and sank her."
"Does it say where?" Rosalie asked, Melanie tapped the screen.
"Right there." Melanie said "The Dauntless was an ironclad, faster, better armed, completely outclasses the Wayfarer. Now while we don't know whether they sank the Wayfarer, a lone Ardian vessel in the Kyne... sounds promising and is our best lead."
"I'll tell Natasha where we're going." Rosalie said
Months... months of sailing around the Kyne, months of sonar and underwater drone searching, months of hypothetical mapping and all on a hunch to begin with. Still here the Discovery was sailing around, navigating the various small islands of the Kyne that lay roughly in the path of a journey from the Ardian Empire to Royal Seleucid, as that was the most likely destination based on their current thinking and no luck.
"It's a large haystack." Rosalie McLean said as she looked over the map of the Kyne on the computer
"I know but we've been at this for months and we're no nearer." Melanie Bell said "And we've been over this route with a fine toothcomb."
"It's not in the Shaw." Rosalie said "So it's got to be in the Kyne, there aren't any Ardian allies anywhere else."
"Maybe we're asking the wrong question." Melanie said
"Meaning?" Rosalie asked
"We're trying to figure out where the Wayfarer was going but it never got wherever that was right?" Melanie said
"Right." Rosalie said
"So why didn't it get there?" Melanie said
"Weather maybe but that's not normally deviation from heading." Rosalie said thoughtfully.
"But the Wayfarer would have had to get into the Kyne first and there are only two paths for that." Melanie said "And you don't go through the Austrana at that point in time, you go the other way. What if they were spotted? You've got four very anti Ardian Empire navies in the Rokkenjiman Sea at the same time so what are the odds that you get away and clear without one of them spotting the Wayfarer?"
"Astronomical." Rosalie said
"Let's talk to the Admiralty archive." Melanie said "They keep reports and such so if anything was spotted by the Achkaerinese navy it'll be there. And if not by them then we talk to the others."
"Ok." Rosalie said
The phone call was a quick one, the wait was about six hours but then they had it "Ros!" Melanie said "We got something."
"What?" Rosalie asked
"It's a ships log entry from the INS Dauntless." Melanie said "According to this the Dauntless spotted an Ardian flagged Galleon on the 17th of May 1862, they gave chase into the Kyne, they caught the Ardian vessel on the 4th of June and sank her."
"Does it say where?" Rosalie asked, Melanie tapped the screen.
"Right there." Melanie said "The Dauntless was an ironclad, faster, better armed, completely outclasses the Wayfarer. Now while we don't know whether they sank the Wayfarer, a lone Ardian vessel in the Kyne... sounds promising and is our best lead."
"I'll tell Natasha where we're going." Rosalie said