Gens Romae
22-07-2007, 02:25
Announcement from Rome:
The Roman Imperator hearby announces that the Military of Rome will be testing a conventional ICBM warhead later this evening in the Mediterranean near Sardinia.
Sextus Augustus
Imperator of Rome
IC:
Due to the seemingly constant thread of possible naval invasion, the Imperator of Rome and the Generals of the Roman Army have decided to look into ICBM systems. For this reason, an area near Sardinia in the Mediterranean had been cleared.
A single solitary Iowa Class Battleship, long out of use in the Roman Navy (which has recently been disbanded) floats near the aforementioned island...completely abandoned.
Several F-16s patrol the skies, keeping careful watch over the seas below, just in case any unwary ships might cross into the danger zone.
The time of launch comes:
In Lecce, several engineers run hither and thither, preparing for the launch of a new Trident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_missile) conventional missile. A launch pad sits in the middle of a large plains...
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
The countdown is completed, and the missile rises up, smoke and flames bursting from the bottom of the launch pad, and a moment later, the missile skyrockets into the air, and disappears completely...
An hour later, the Imperator and the Generals of the Roman Armed Forces look down on the shattered remains, on the twisted, burnt scrap metal of what is left from the Battleship. They trade looks, and then look once more at the remains, nodding their heads. "Yes..."
The Roman Imperator hearby announces that the Military of Rome will be testing a conventional ICBM warhead later this evening in the Mediterranean near Sardinia.
Sextus Augustus
Imperator of Rome
IC:
Due to the seemingly constant thread of possible naval invasion, the Imperator of Rome and the Generals of the Roman Army have decided to look into ICBM systems. For this reason, an area near Sardinia in the Mediterranean had been cleared.
A single solitary Iowa Class Battleship, long out of use in the Roman Navy (which has recently been disbanded) floats near the aforementioned island...completely abandoned.
Several F-16s patrol the skies, keeping careful watch over the seas below, just in case any unwary ships might cross into the danger zone.
The time of launch comes:
In Lecce, several engineers run hither and thither, preparing for the launch of a new Trident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_missile) conventional missile. A launch pad sits in the middle of a large plains...
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
The countdown is completed, and the missile rises up, smoke and flames bursting from the bottom of the launch pad, and a moment later, the missile skyrockets into the air, and disappears completely...
An hour later, the Imperator and the Generals of the Roman Armed Forces look down on the shattered remains, on the twisted, burnt scrap metal of what is left from the Battleship. They trade looks, and then look once more at the remains, nodding their heads. "Yes..."