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Abandoned Ballistic Missile Submarine Run Aground Off Xharnia

Narodna Odbrana
06-12-2005, 22:09
The Hive, XharnXharnian Herald-Tribune
ABANDONED NUCLEAR SUB
FOUND OFF OUTER BANKS

(AXS/XNS) – In a case as baffling as that of the Mary Celeste, an abandoned Typhoon-class SSBN was discovered run aground on one of the Outer Banks. The submarine appears to have suffered only minimal damage, but mysteriously lacks any crew. The officials of the Xharnian Coast Guard who boarded and inspected the vessel shortly after dawn report than its nuclear pile had been shut down several months ago, leading investigators puzzled as to how the vessel made its way to the Outer Banks in the first place…

As the wreck is well within Xharnian waters, the Government of H.R.M. Azure IV has official declared it to belong to the Kingdom of Xharn under the ages-old Law of the Sea, which gives shorebound authorities the right to exercise an unchallengeable claim of salvage…

The Xharnian Navy is reported to have surrounded the vessel with several warships and plans to float the abandoned submarine off the banks as soon as possible…

It is unknown as to whether or not any of the vessels ballistic missiles remain aboard…Supreme Advisor Baron Carl Von Ericson was feverishly trying to encrypt his country’s most sensitive files (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10043180&postcount=76) when his pager suddenly went off. D_mn! he thought, What is it now? He glanced at the pager and saw a text message scrolling across the miniature screen.Check the news. We’ll talk price this evening. Love, Sonya
Narodna Odbrana
06-12-2005, 22:13
Off Xharn’s Outer Banks“So whose sub is this?” asked Dylan Hunt, Supreme Fleet Marshal of the Royal Xharnian Navy impatiently.

“From the logs, it appears to belong to a country that no longer exists – the Republic of South Harlack (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=403971&page=8&highlight=Typhoon), sir,” replied the Admiral’s principal Intelligence Officer. “It was apparently commissioned as the SSBN Vindicator. The funny thing is, the last time it was heard of by anyone, it had been scuttled in the harbour of South Harlack’s principal naval base; that was at the outset of the Second Harlack Civil War. No one’s had the time or money to raise it since.”

“Someone apparently has,” snapped Marshal Hunt. “How long ago was it scuttled?”

“Over two years ago, sir,” replied the Captain softly. “Needless to say, we have no idea how it got here.”OOC: Corrections in blue.
Xharn
06-12-2005, 23:41
The Supreme Advisor was speechless. The news just confirmed an Typhoon-class SSBN was captured and claimed by the Xharnian Military. The Supreme Advisor Baron Carl Von Ericson smiles and prepares to head out and leave the Hive. He wanted to hit the Xharnian Royal Treasury and pay for these fine merchandise.

The Programmers and even the X.R.I.C. agents watching the news were speechless as hell...
Xirnium
13-12-2005, 19:47
OCC: Wow, amazing the things you find when cruising through the backlogged pages of the forums, you can imagine my suprise. So what is my character doing in this rp?
Narodna Odbrana
13-12-2005, 19:57
OCC: Wow, amazing the things you find when cruising through the backlogged pages of the forums, you can imagine my suprise. So what is my character doing in this rp?OOC: I made a mistake reading the "Death of a Living God" thread and thought she was Xharn's character. Now that Xharn has stated that his Navy is under the command of Dylan Hunt, I will amend ... this evening.

My apologies...
Usea-Jason
13-12-2005, 19:58
This news leaked to the international press.As it hit the war torn land of Usea,Everyone was on edge,for a imposing Xharn nuklear Strike.They had allready had one strike from the capitolist,would there be another from Xharn?
Xirnium
13-12-2005, 20:01
My apologies...
There's no need, it's quite alright.
Narodna Odbrana
18-12-2005, 09:38
There's no need, it's quite alright.OOC: That’s alright, I went ahead and did it anyway. :D