NationStates Jolt Archive


Cirdani Ships Sailing West [AttN: Biotopia, CACE]

Cirdanistan
01-10-2004, 17:57
Eastern Azure Ocean, between Aperin and Greenfields

It was shortly after dawn that the þorr squadron, running up from the south, came hull-up from the fleet flagship, the Cirdani Revolutionary Ship Skiðblaðnir. After that, the combined might of the Azure Ocean and Gulf of Aperin squadrons and the Skiðblaðnir's own powerful battle group sailed Southeast, the ships cutting through the morning mist at a speed of twenty-eight knots, with sprinting-and-drifting frigates on ASW watch constantly rotating around the perimeter of the main force. The mist was cutting down on radar effectiveness considerably, and if it hand't been for the icebreakers patrolling to the North ready to give warning, at this time of year hitting an iceberg at high speed might have actually been a concern; as it was, from the flagship's bridge one could hardly make out the cruiser Viðarr, sailing in close formation less than sixty metres away.

The submarines were already on station, and the surface fleet would be there in less than thirty hours. Patrols would be maintained all around Biotopia (except for the sound bewteen it and continental Greenfields) at a healthy distance from the coast, although no blockade would be imposed, yet. However, an embargo on arms being shipped into ONC-controlled Biotopia would be enforced, and ships stopped and searched if need be.
Biotopia
01-10-2004, 18:12
[tag] would you like me to e-mail you one of my many (brilliant) maps so you have rough idea of what Biotopia looks like? May come in handy. I will consider my IC responce once the discussion have started - i fel that the ONC would stop the whle process were it aware at this stage.
Cirdanistan
02-10-2004, 12:22
[OOC: apologies for the geographical mistake in the original post-i blame Celdonia and SeOCC for their confusion in the CACE forums, must've rubbed off on me. AFAIK, Greenfields is still East of Aperin, as you posted in the map thread long ago. For timeline purposes, assume this is happening more or less simultaneously to the beginning of the talks, so the arms embargo will be officially placed when they arrive on station (it would be foolish to announce it before we can enforce it), roughly in the middle of the second day of talks.
Re:map, i already have a (very rough) idea courtesy of HB, but if you have something really detailed with cities et caetera, feel free to email it.
Oh, and for reference:
{Ð,ð} is pronounced like the soft th of 'father, while {þ,Þ} is pronounced like the hard th of 'faith'.]