NationStates Jolt Archive

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sad to inform you that one of our Guided Missile Destroyers, SS.ANNE is missing in action feared sunk with all hands. The ship was responding to a distress call form a cruise liner that has also mysteriously disappeared. We have prepared this time line of the events leading up to the disappearance.

At 08:25 12/12 a distress call from the luxury cruise liner Alexandra was received at Kravoli radio traffic control. The message was poor quality and all that could be taken from the message was that the ship was being adanboned with no explanation as to why.

08:26 12/12 The message was passed onto Naval command and the guided missle destroyer SS.ANNE was dispached to the area ETA 2.5 Hours. Merchant commerce was informed of the incident and several ships said they would be on the lookout for life rafts.

Between 08:33 and 08:45 Merchant ships report life raft in the sea ranging from 7NM to 12NM away from last reported position. All are empty, no trace of the ship or the people are seen.

08:47 Last life raft is found, still no sign of any people of debris for the ship is found.

09:12 A ship passes within 3Nm of the last reported position of the Alexandra, It reported having strange equipment readouts and power fluctuations. No signs of the ship are found.

09:52 SS.ANNE is in posistion, and starts a sonar sweep of the area, A constant radio feed is kept with the ship.

10:12 Contact with thr SS.ANNE is lost for no obvious reason.

We are desperatly trying to find out what happened in those 20 critical minutes.


As for now, we advise all ships not to approach the area"
Kravoli Defense Minister

Federal Naval Command is disturbed at these reports, with massive numbers of troop transports crawling the seas carrying Federal Army units, we would like to keep whatever happened here under control, to this end we have dispatched a task force to assist in finding out what happened to the SS. Anne. It is being formed at Corregidor, Naval Command, and is leaving immediately.

Force Z
Commander - Commodore Matthew Stark
Base of Supplies - Port Royal Naval Base
1 Warrior class Battlecruiser - FNS Warspite
1 Miaja class Escort Carrier (8 Rotary craft, 2 Fixed wing) - FNS Golz
1 Arleigh Burke class Destroyer - FNS Hamilton
1 Spruance class Destroyer - FNS D'Estaing


- Federal Naval Command, Corregidor

We will be searching the area with our 5 ES-3A Shadow's

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Gen. Sophie Trent
Head of the White-X Military
The Dynasty of White-X (http://users.tpg.com.au/hibbs/xdf/), Osaka City

Seran will provide some Tiger choppers equipped with scanning devices, this is a strange occurrence....

~ This is Captian Wallis, of the ES-3A Shadow 7N3352~

~ We are passing over the last reported position of the Alexandra~

Roger that this is the UWXS Akira, keep us posted

~Captian we have lost all readings, and controls are not responding~

~Maday this is aircraft 7N3352, we have lost all control and are going to eject.....~

~Captian WHAT THE HELL IS THA......~

Captian Wallis, come in Captian Wallis



That was the last we heard from the aircraft


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Gen. Sophie Trent
Head of the White-X Military
The Dynasty of White-X (http://users.tpg.com.au/hibbs/xdf/), Osaka City

*In Kravoli Naval Command

"Sir, We have reports that a White-X recon plane flew over AREA-CUX131 and disappeared without a trace, just after reporting instrument failure. What do you subject we do?"

"Hmm, This isn't something we want spreading. Close off the area, send in 12 ships to divert merchant vessels away from the area.....Oh and send the SS.Uropa in"

"Yes sir"

*Aboard the SS.Uropa, Two sailors talk
"Where they sending us?"

"I don't know, somewhere far away. Atleast we don't have to spend more time in that port, the other crews had some really weird people in them"

"What are you talking about? We left port 3 days ago? Have you been drinking againa?"

"Maybe, I can't remember"

*The destroyer D'Estaing parted the waters as it's bow plowed forward through the oceans. It had taken several weeks for the task force to finally leave port, as the Golz had been badly damaged in the WWIX theatre, and was under repair at the time it was called up for this mission. The captain remembered visiting the Golz to meet with the other task force commanders and the Commodore. What a horrid excuse for a ship it had been, he wondered how they convinved sailors to man the Miajas.*

*Of course, a few days later he had been called to the Warspite to recieve his specific mission. What a marvelous trip that had been, a few more years, and he might find himself in command of a Warrior battlecruiser. The trip was hampered however by the news of his mission, seperate from the task force which was holding position 300 NM away from the position the Alexandra had gone missing, and head straight for it. Of the two ships that could have gone, his was picked, and he knew it was becuase they couldn't afford to risk an AEGIS ship, but he maintained the Golz was more then capable of serving as cannon fodder as it were.*

*Becuase of all the problems it suffered from the Golz had been unable to launch it's two recon Typhoon II's, so he was going in blind except for what other ships told him. It was ever present in his mind that another guided missile destroyer (the SS. Anne) had disappeared in this general area as well, and no crew had been found. But he wasn't aware of the ES-3A disappearing yet, as they weren't listening to general broadcasts and the Warspite hadn't relayed the information properly. Then he heard the intercom signal go off, and it cackled to life*

"Captain Grissle, your presence is wanted on the bridge, I say again, Captain Grissle, your presence is wanted on the bridge"

*He picked up the pace as he moved through the hatch, they were dangerously close to the positions of the lost ships, and any reason for him to be called there at this moment, sufficing to say it wasn't a good sign....*


- From the viewpoint of Captain Arnold Grissle, Commanding Officer, FNS D'Estaing

*As destroyer D'Estaing head towards the last known position of SS.ANNE and Alexandra, Commodore D'rtang of the Valient Royal Navy watches on the bridge of the VRN Heavy Carrier Vidion, which is in Stealth Mode 1 (Near-invisible). He turns to address his bridge crew.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you know why we are here?"

*Murmers and shaking of heads.

"We are here... because it is our destiny. Gentlemen, you are the best that the Commonwealth of Valient has to offer, and today, and in days to come, you will be called upon to sacrifice for Valient, all so that she may live on.

Men, you may be confused about the need for destroying the ANNE and the Alexandra. Its simple, really. It's how we destroyed them.

*D'rtang turns around and flips open a simple red box. There is a switch underneath. He flips it, and a screen flips down in front of the crew. A small red blip flashes.

"Gentlemen, this is the newest in technology that Valient has to offer.

This... is the Omega Pulse. No, you don't know about it. Top Secret project that has been in the works for the better part of the decade.

At any rate, it works on the principal of the electrical magnetic pulse, which fries electrical units. Well, this goes one better: it fries everything Duronium, steel, uranium, nothing stops this pulse, and it cuts right through people too. Picture this: a thousand poor souls on the Alexandra, writhing in agony as each and every node in their brain is systematically shortcircuited. And once its all done, theres no need to pick up any survivors!

However... this sort of murder and mayhem is beneath us, is it it not?"

*Nodding of heads all around.

"That is why we are not going to be operating this peice of ordinance ourselves. We are going to sell it off to the highest bidder. I want terrorists, meglomaniacs, dictators, and any country who want a piece of the pie in on this, gentlemen. What you have just seen was a test. A test of the might of the Omega Pulse. Just to prove that we weren't just blowing steam!

The Omega Pulse is located within the lower orbit, men. and isn't going anywhere. President Valient wants to start the bidding at $1000 billion. Why don't we wait for a buyer?"

*Laughter erupts on the bridge of Vidion. Destroyer D'Estaing heads ever closer...

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This is the UWXS Sonic, We are 300nm North-North-West of the last reported position of the Alexandra.

We are stoping here, and starting Active sonar, and Radar sweeps of the area.

We will keep you informed

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Thats not something I want in this thread

OOC: eh?

OOC: So we ignore what he wrote then?

~ This is Captian Edwards, of the ES-3A Shadow 7N3353~

We have spotted the Alexandra, no signs of life from plimary scans.

Returning to base.

We presently have an incomplete orbital weapons platform in orbit. we request permission to move it to the area to search for life

*Aboard the SS.Kravoli
"Sir, we have a contact on the radar, It's a small merchant or warship. Range 13miles, Target speed is 0knots"

"I want radio contact established with that ship. Turn Left 238degrees, All ahead full"

"Sir, they ship isn't responding to any radio traffic, what should we do"

"Stop within visual range and send a commando team"

*Some time later; The Commandos leave
"Sir, whats the mission"

"We board the vessel and do a primilimary search, Stay as a team"

"Holly crap, thats the SS.ANNE"

"Stay sharp"

*The commando arrive and board the vessel

"OK, search the deck and report anythign you see"

*Team breaks up into 4 teams of 1"
*TEAM 2
As he walked along the deck, he had a strong feeling that something wasn't right, equipment has everywhere and things were left halfdone, it was almost like the evacuation was rushed. Growning evermore scared the young commando can't help but fall down some stairs, He is quickly dragged away by something unknown.

*The others
"All teams, head to the bow, Team 2's in trouble"

*As the teams run for team 2, they don't know it's already too late to save him.

"Alright, this is Team 2's last reported position. FIND HIM"

"Sir, look, his radio and gun are down those stairs"

"Alrights, lets go"

*The 3 commandos head down the stairs into the unknown

"Down that way, code:red, stay alert"

"Sir, I can"t see anything, request permission to turn on light"

"Permission granted"

*The torch shows a completly empty ship, dinner was about the get served.

"Sir did you hear that"

"Yes, stay calm"

*A second member is taken further into the ship

"Evacuate, get back to base"


*The commandoes make an express exit and return to the ship.