NationStates Jolt Archive

[Six months ago, Orseos/Archos Island Chain, Haven]

Silence filled the air of the Orseos Mountain Range on the small island of Orseos itself, merely a single pearl in the necklace that was the Archos Island Chain. A territorial holding of the Armed Democratic Republic of Mekugi. This was no an uncommon occurance the shear mountain valley was filled with fog from the cooling air as it rose up the valleys gargantuan height to the skies above. The whole valley disappeared as the fog formed into light puffy clouds that had always covered this peticular mountain valley since its creation when massive glaciers carved the ragged valley from the earths crust.

This glacial valley constricted and then finally opened to the sea in what was the islands only truly accessible natural port, though for years visitors to the island had used the constructed port on the opposite end of the island, a port that though usually empty was now crowded with dozens of ferries, and destroyers.

Archos had always been a place of beauty and seclusion well known as both a military testing site as well as an almost internationally acclaimed nature preserve, 'almost' famous that is that no-one in the last few years had been allowed on the Island of Orseos, and with its rocky coast few had ever tried, or desired to brave the prospect of death by military police.

The silence that so represented this island was suddenly and abruptly interrupted, not by the screech of an eagle or the sound of an over intoxicated tourist, no the silence was broken by the deafening roar and the shudder of the earth as several hundred explosions echoed across the valley shattering the islands peace, but not its seclusion. The fog was at once lifted from the valley as great clouds of dust clouded the valley before finally settling for a few moments the look down from the skies above was clear a trench some five hundred meters wide and two kilometers long had blasted roughly in the side of the mountain valley next to the sea, though the view did not last long perhaps half an hour or so it was enough to expose the valeys secrets and when the fog settled back in the cool air returned the valley and its secrets back into the security of the fog.

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Meanwhile...

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[1800 km south, south West of Krobeliski, 1500km east of The Silver Sky, Haven]

Bang....

Bang...

Bang...

An endless din filled the crew station of the ocean going pile driver 'Asos' it had been on site for three months now driving large steel tubes into a shallow sea mount with the co-operation of military and civilian contractors, over twenty seven ships were busy at work either driving the meter wide tubes or filling them with sand and concrete, but at their current pace they would be able to walk over a kilometer in the middle of the ocean with little more than a decent length two-by-four. there had been no explanation for their task and really they were in open non-territorial waters, outside of shipping lanes and so it had been several weeks since they had seen any vessels pass by.

'God damn machine at this rate I'll be driving piles in my head for the rest of my life...'

Another associate looked up from his work station seeing the man enter monitoring the piles current depth and smiled, he hadn't heard a word the man said, though hearing protection was recommended only those who had done this long enough could stand to go without for more than few hours.

'Whats the current report?'

The man asked the associate and the associate smiled at him but didn't respond. When the man mouthed the words again he pointed to his hand and pretended to scribble a note, the associate finally realized and shouted out.

'EIGHT METERS LEFT SIR!'

The man sighed and walked back out the room walking down a another set of stairs and walking through a set of double doors, and then a bulkhead into a sound dampened area. Taking his hard hat off he took off his helmet and looked at the project map, he had only some knowledge of the vastness of the project but he knew the work are encompassed some three kilometers in diameter and yesterday they had received a blanket fax dealing with 'proper direction of sediment in project area A' though he had no idea what it was referring to as project section A had been filled with concrete months ago.

The man simply sighed and poured himself a cup of coffee, no sense in working too hard, he was after all under contract for the next three years.

[OOC: this is psuedo-open and is restricted to certain people only because I only have so much time to write responses. Priorities fall to Haven nations]

Every intelligence service in the world had priorities and what not. Haven was a geopolitical region of great influence, and it contained mighty powerhouses like the Crown Commonwealth of Praetonia, and the Crown Imperium of Questers. Worthy matches of Haven included the Gholgothian lands, Imperial Armies (which would, under a Maccabbean-influenced epoch, later become Imperial Armies), Atlantian Oceania and to some extent, the Federated Klatchian Coast. The Union of Southeast Asian Nations, was a neutral party in the affairs of Haven, and tried to keep it at that. However, one could not let their guard down in dangerous times and in spite of the Union having the threat of the Second Corporate Entente within arm's length, it still had to keep other issues at hand. The Armed Democratic Republic of Mekugi, technically allied to the Union as they both were mutual member-states of the International Allied Defense Federation, was in reality lightly acquainted and cordial to the faraway land in the South Pacific, with parts of the country attached to mainland Asia.

The Southeast Asian Intelligence Directorate, was always on observience in the affairs of the said regions thanks to economics. While Haven was not the place where most of Southeast Asian merchant fleet routes could travel to, it nevertheless was a contributor to Southeast Asian exports and imports and the balance of payments on current account. In a disclosed location, there were men observing and recording what their satellites were seeing. Over a body of water in Haven, what appeared to be a civilian satellite for a weather-report channel - in reality a SAID spy satellite which also had the ability to note down weather-changes and what not - appeared to be minding it's business. It was observing what appeared to be a little skirmish that was several nautical miles off the Greater Federation and the Armed Capitalist Republic. The shape of it, and the sleek metallic color appeared to be slightly worn, though it was well-maintained. Elsewhere, a satellite of the same model, the same "owner" and the same purpose had been hovering over Mekugian assets. Southeast Asia was not a leading power in the world, though it had it's fair share of contributions (negative or positive did not matter, for it had to do with who benefited from the Union's actions and the who did not), it was slow. It was not as developed as it's close friends in the Incorporated States of Sarzonia or the Pacitalian Transitional Republic or the Grand Archduchy or the United Kingdom, never mind the Macabbean Imperium or the Mekugian Republic. It still had a lot to learn, and a lot to grow.

Inside the fairly-lit, room of the confidential location, the Southeast Asian individuals, dressed in unity and formal discipline, all gave different ways of displaying surprise and fascination, pinching the atmosphere of obfuscation. Curiousity killed the cat. And with taking risk came progress. But Mekugi alone, never mind all of Haven, could turn the beautiful lands of the Union to void and pestilence. Ever since Southeast Asia began having some sort of dealing with states in Haven and what not, it had been observing for a long time ever since. No, the findings by the Southeast Asian Intelligence Directorate would not be intervention as was the case when the Czardaian Concordance collapsed into civil war for the first time, but a different stance it took to most moments in international relations: a quiet, neutral but interested party.

[OOC: A glorified tag basically...more posts to come if I have time, and interest to continue.]