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CRSS Western Spirit and the Pillar of Freedom, two Marathon-class guided missile cruisers had sailed east from Baldwin-Whitehall, Sylvania followed by four Spitfire-class missile destroyers: the Pioneer, Kestrel, Starbuck and Haven. Their mission was to conduct a freedom of navigation mission through the Claret and Reman seas and link up with a task force of Touzener destroyers in the silk and conduct a training mission before returning to Baldwin-Whitehall through the Northern Passage Canal.
Captain Stanley Bird III was in command of the squadron as captain of the lead ship Western Spirit. The Western Spirit was a good ship but she was aging and becoming expensive to maintain like all of the Marathon-class ships. Eventually they would be phased out for the newer and more technologically advanced destroyers that accompanied him in this small squadron. The Long Sea as some called it was not known for a calm political climate surrounding the nations it bordered, but this mission would be a quiet one, he could tell. They had made good time after they had left the shipyards in Baldwin-Whitehall, he could still see the gleaming towers of the two cities made one in his minds eye, shrinking in the distance as they sailed south east toward the entrance of the Claret Sea. Already he could see the shores of Madurja and Himyar growing larger as if to greet the Sylvanian ships.
A ensign brought him his evening coffee steaming hot and black, just as he always took it. The sun was setting behind them giving a the blue skies a heavenly glow, Bird took a moment to enjoy the changing colors of the evening sky. It was then that he realized that the ensign had not left his side. "Speak up son, what could it be keeping you at my side." The ensign handed him a piece of paper, it was unmistakable, new orders had come into the CIC.
Captain Stanley Bird III was in command of the squadron as captain of the lead ship Western Spirit. The Western Spirit was a good ship but she was aging and becoming expensive to maintain like all of the Marathon-class ships. Eventually they would be phased out for the newer and more technologically advanced destroyers that accompanied him in this small squadron. The Long Sea as some called it was not known for a calm political climate surrounding the nations it bordered, but this mission would be a quiet one, he could tell. They had made good time after they had left the shipyards in Baldwin-Whitehall, he could still see the gleaming towers of the two cities made one in his minds eye, shrinking in the distance as they sailed south east toward the entrance of the Claret Sea. Already he could see the shores of Madurja and Himyar growing larger as if to greet the Sylvanian ships.
A ensign brought him his evening coffee steaming hot and black, just as he always took it. The sun was setting behind them giving a the blue skies a heavenly glow, Bird took a moment to enjoy the changing colors of the evening sky. It was then that he realized that the ensign had not left his side. "Speak up son, what could it be keeping you at my side." The ensign handed him a piece of paper, it was unmistakable, new orders had come into the CIC.
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FLEET COMMUNICATION
03.06.2020
ENCRYPTION: HIGHEST
FROM: FLEET HEADQUARTERS
TO: CPT STANLEY BIRD III
TASK FORCE 116
NEW ORDERS
SUBJ: OPERATION GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY
ALERT STATUS: GREEN
NEW ORDERS
TASK FORCE 116 IS ORDERED TO CONDUCT GUNNERY PRACTICE OFF THE COAST OF EIFFELLAND-RETALIA IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS. HARASS EIFFELLANDER MILITARY AND CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT VIA IRRADIATION WITH ANTI-AIRCRAFT RADAR FOR ONE DAY AND ONE NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE NAVIGATION MISSION TO SILK SEA. DO NOT ENGAGE EIFFELLANDER SHIPS UNLESS ENGAGED. DO NOT DIVERGE FROM COURSE UNLESS TO AVOID COLLISION WITH EIFFELANDER VESSELS AT LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT.
DESTROY AFTER READING
TEAR HERE
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Captain Bird chuckled for a moment to himself. "Have the officers prepare for a briefing at 0500 tomorrow morning." Captain Bird thought to himself, "Perhaps will have some fun on this mission after all."
They would be in the area in two days.
FLEET COMMUNICATION
03.06.2020
ENCRYPTION: HIGHEST
FROM: FLEET HEADQUARTERS
TO: CPT STANLEY BIRD III
TASK FORCE 116
NEW ORDERS
SUBJ: OPERATION GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY
ALERT STATUS: GREEN
NEW ORDERS
TASK FORCE 116 IS ORDERED TO CONDUCT GUNNERY PRACTICE OFF THE COAST OF EIFFELLAND-RETALIA IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS. HARASS EIFFELLANDER MILITARY AND CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT VIA IRRADIATION WITH ANTI-AIRCRAFT RADAR FOR ONE DAY AND ONE NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE NAVIGATION MISSION TO SILK SEA. DO NOT ENGAGE EIFFELLANDER SHIPS UNLESS ENGAGED. DO NOT DIVERGE FROM COURSE UNLESS TO AVOID COLLISION WITH EIFFELANDER VESSELS AT LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT.
DESTROY AFTER READING
TEAR HERE
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Captain Bird chuckled for a moment to himself. "Have the officers prepare for a briefing at 0500 tomorrow morning." Captain Bird thought to himself, "Perhaps will have some fun on this mission after all."
They would be in the area in two days.