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The Skies have no Limit
Captain Lockheart:
--Averna--
Julius Lockheart: " Oh, no you dont"
Alexander Lockheart: " Try me!"
Alexander lept at Julius, sword clasped in both hands over his head, Julius parried the blade to his right, and pushed his brother mid-air with his free hand. Sending him tumbling next to him. Alexander quickly turned the fall into a backwards roll and lept up, sword ready. This time Julius Struck, hard and fast. Alexander ducked and weaved, under Julius right cut, then left cut. But he wasnt quick enough to stop it when Julius brought the blade over his head and brought it down on Alexanders shoulder.
Alexander: " Ow!, Yeild, I yeild!"
Julius: * Chuckles * " I bet you do. Well fought though, we shall spar again on the morrow..."
Alexander: " *Sigh* Do we have to"
Julius: " Yes, keeps your reflexes sharp."
Alexander: " Fine. Hmm, that reminds me. Want to help me and Kevan fix the last Engine on the "Winter"?. I mean, by right. She's yours. But... you dont seem to care about her, and she's a fine ship. We've been fixing her for a month now, are you actually going to take her out?"
Julius: " Oh, yes... I have plans for that beauty"
Julius left, and got on his day clothes. And called for a Carriage. Then Cecelia came down the stairs.
Cecelia: " Good Morning"
Julius: " Morning, want to join me for a trip down to the Glass Gardens?"
Cecelia: " Well, considering i'm left here, when you go Adventuring. The Gardens arn't as special as they were. But whatever, i mean you may slip off again..."
Julius: " Ha. Ha. Get in the carriage."
BdrLineAzn:
Starostrog Coastline
--Starlight--
The two ship convoy steadily glide over the water as BdrLine listen to the beeps on his radar. The rest of his crew stands watch across the deck for any sign of Guild naval ships.
(Courage)
"This is eerie, can't see through this damn fog."
(Althea)
"Well if we can't see them, they can't see us. Be glad that is a good thing. Bdr, how are we?"
BdrLine looks back to the ships radar screen and see a few dots.
(BdrLine)
"Well so far I see at least two ships on the radar. We are about a good 7 to 8 kilometre away from both of them."
Nodding, Althea continues to look through the fog until she sees a silhouette in the distance. She goes over and nudges Charles and point in the direction she saw the ship.
(Althea)
"You seeing what I'm seeing?"
(Charles)
"I hope what you are seeing is wrong."
He brings his binoculars up to his eyes and try to focus more on the ships weaponry.
(Charles)
"From the books I read about ships used in the Great War and after, this one looks like a small Destroyer. Maybe packing 30.5 centimetre turrets as its main weaponry."
(Althea)
"*mumbles* 30.5 centimetres.... That is bigger then our Heavy Falk on board!"
BdrLine listens to the conversation and thinks back to the battle at the Tower.
(BdrLine)
At least it is not a super weapon that can knock out three Yeshan warships out of the sky in one shot.
Shaking his thoughts out, he looks to the direction where Althea and Charles are looking.
(BdrLine)
"How did that ship not get picked up by my radar?"
(Charles)
"I don't know Bdr. Maybe you need to update it. Looks like we are still unseen, they haven't shot at use yet.
Unbeknownst a few sailors on deck on the Destroyer is a having a slightly similar conversation.
(Sailor 1)
"Rodin, you see this."
(Sailor 2)
"Slightly, but I do."
(Sailor 1)
"What are two airships doing all the way out here. Shouldn't they be on the route leading to the checkpoint?"
(Sailor 2)
"Yes, yes they should. Hmm if they are all the way here... Must be Arashi Raiders. Go and tell whoever is in charge at the bridge that we got two hostiles."
(Sailor 1)
"Aye!"
The first sailor takes off towards the bridge as the second one tracks the two airships.
A few moments later, an alarm sounds on the Destroyer as the crew prepare for General Quarters. Soon the front two turrets start to move and aim at the general direction of BdrLine and Gareth's airships.
Back on the Starlight all four hears the alarm from the Destroyer. They exchange glances as BdrLine grabs the radio and tells Gareth.
(BdrLine)
"Gareth, punch it. We need to get to the coastline fast!"
Four reports then sound as shells whistles past the two airships.
(Althea)
"Bdr, what do we do!"
BdrLine quickly release his special fuel mix into the engines fuel line and looks to the Destroyer's direction.
(BdrLine)
"Althea get on the port side merc and try to hit something."
Going over to the Anvalan field gun, Charles and Courage helps load in the weapon."
(Althea)
"Let's see how big of a punch this baby can do."
Althea then look through the scope and aims at one of the turrets barrels. She fires and watches as the round flies and pierces through the armor plate of the turret.
(Althea)
"One barrel is out. Looks like it melted the firing mechanism on that side of the gun."
(Courage)
"Huh, Yiski's rounds can penetrate through that kind of armor, glad he made these for the Guard force."
(BdrLine)
"Not out of the woods yet, incoming another barrage."
Instead of three rounds coming towards the two ships, seven rounds past them as the Destroyer has turned to face its broadside, allowing to fire all eight turrets. One round flying between Bdr's balloon and hull.
(Courgae)
"That was a close one."
(Althea)
"Bdr, we need to get out of here. Two airships can't stand against that firepower, and their shots are getting closer."
Looking around him, all that BdrLine can see is fog. He looks at his radar to see how far land is to their location and turns back to them.
(BdrLine)
"Ok I'm turning us so that we can go deeper into this fog. It helped us for a while, let see if it can help us again."
He then turns his airship so that the tail is facing the Destroyer. Going at full speed with his engines injected with more of his special fuel, the Goldfish speed forward as Gareth quickly follows behind. Salvos from the Destroyer keeps coming until the naval ship is out of view.
Giving a sigh of relief, BdrLine look as see the shores of the Guild and the skyline of Starostrog. Back on his radio, Zankief's voice comes through.
(Zankief)
"Looks like you guys had a warm welcome."
(BdrLine)
"A little too warm, they were serving hot lead for breakfast."
(Zankief)
"I can tell, I overheard their radio chatter. But I see that you guys made it, we are just a few clicks away. Hold on so that we can lead you guys in."
Coming in from the city's direction, a Junker and Pyramidion comes into view.
(Zankief)
"Welcome back again Bdr, I see that you missed the Guild. Haha."
(BdrLine)
"Very funny, I'll be happy once we land."
(Zankief)
"Alright alright, just follow my ship."
(BdrLine)
"I see you still have that Pyra after the siege."
(Zankief)
"Wardog? No way I'm letting this baby rust away, she seen so much and taken so much. But come on, we'll catch up later."
As they formed up with Zankief, BdrLine and Gareth follow behind him as he leads the way to the Guild Capital unseen from Guild forces.
Vyshtorg
Around noon, the four ships arrive to his warehouse where all the ships land inside. Debarking from their ships, BdrLine greets Zankief and introduces him to the others.
As the lot walks to the underground portion of the warehouse, Archer come running up to Zankief.
(Zankief)
"Ah Archer, perfect timing. Here let me introduce to you one of my closest contacts."
(Archer)
"Sorry Pops, but we may have a problem."
(Zankief)
"Oh, how so?"
(Archer)
"Slava, maybe on to us spying on him. As I left from his guildhall, I noticed two men were following me."
(Zankief)
"Did you lead them here?"
(Archer)
"No, I went to the other part of the city, opposite of here. Once they felt like they were going nowhere, they left. That's when I ran back here."
(Courage)
"Um may I ask who is this Slava character?"
(BdrLine)
"Slava is a prominent merchant here in the Guild. He has halls across the Guild and everywhere else, even one in Firnfeld."
(Althea)
"So why does this seem like a problem?"
(Zankief)
"Well Archer here overheard that the Tiger and Deer has contacted him and are sending something here at the Capital. We continued to spy on him hoping to figure out more."
(BdrLine)
"Okay we know that it is going to be a takeover. So I assume warships, and the good ones that the Tiger can grab."
(Zankief)
"Ok, we will figure this out more later. Here I got the papers and materials ready for you lot downstairs."
Nodding, the group follow Zankief down stairs to get organise.
Piemanlives:
--Vyshtorg--
Alex and Richard exited the customs department, a few documents in hand clearing their entry into the city.
Alex
"Well, we're free to roam the city, however we can't stay here and do nothing, we need to figure out a cover, else people may get suspicious."
Richard
"We're traders, more importantly we're equipped to do salvage work, so I say we use that to our advantage."
Alex
"Doing what exactly?"
Richard
"I haven't thought that far yet."
They passed by a warehouse with a group of people entering it, they payed little to mind to it.
Richard
"Well here's an idea, we can probably check around and see if anyone has need of salvagers in the local area, you and I can stay on the ground and see what we can learn about the oncoming "Reach Out.""
Alex
"Well it's a start."
BdrLineAzn:
Chang-ning
Imperial Palace
The drive from his manor to the Imperial Palace took longer than expected as the roads were filled with traveling vehicles on the way to the inner part of the city. Eventually Shen passed throw the crowded streets and found himself in front of the massive building. Finding a place to park his car, Shen lock it and makes his way up the small flight of stairs to the main entrance.
Inside the lobby was busy as aids, officials, and employees roam through the corridors. Walking up to the center desk, Shen ask one of the many receptionist.
(Receptionist)
"Hello sir, how may I help you?"
(Shen)
"Hello, is the Emperor free at the moment? I request to speak with him."
The receptionist then opens a cabinet under the desk and skims through the different binders and folders. Finding the right one, she takes the binder out and looks through the different time and dates.
(Receptionist)
"I'm sorry, but by the looks of it, he is currently in a meeting. If you can give me your name, I can pass on to his secretary to put you in."
(Shen)
"Shen of the Zhao Family, but please, this is important. I need to see him, where is the room that the meeting is taking place."
(Receptionist)
"Oh Mr. Zhao, sorry I didn't recognise you. Welcome back from your ordeal, but I'm afraid that I can't do that."
As she finishes her sentence, down in one of the corridors, a influx of voices can be heard coming towards the main lobby. Walking out was a group of officials and representatives with the Emperor in the middle.
Seeing that he is out, Shen moves towards the group.
(Xi)
"We'll discuss more in the next meeting...Ah Mr. Zhao what a pleasure to meet you here. Everyone as you all know that he and his arrived last night in great condition after their ordeal."
Shen is then crowded as the people in the group goes towards him with handshakes and compliments.
(Shen)
"Thank you all for the kind words gentlemen, but your Excellence, may we speak in private, there are things that we need to discuss."
Picking up the tone in his voice, Xi gives a small nod.
(Xi)
"Gentlemen, we will meet again next week to discuss more on the subject. Now if you excuse us, I have other matters to attend to."
Giving a bow, the rest of the group disperse and go on their way as Shen and Xi goes to another hallway towards Xi's office.
As they walk, Chong comes up behind the two which surprises Shen,
(Shen)
"Whoa, where did you come from?"
(Xi)
"My Elite Guard remember? They are always around to protect me, even if you don't see them. But I'm glad you came, I was about to call you. Chong, got the room ready?"
(Chong)
"Yes your Excellence. Once inside, no one can see or hear the two of you speak."
(Xi)
"Nicely done, here we are."
The three stands outside the doorway to Xi's office. He opens the door and lets the others in. Shen looks around and then to him.
(Shen)
"No offence to you Xi, but I don't think this is secure enough."
With a small smirk, Xi walks to a bookcase and pulls one of the spines. With a few clicks, the entire casing swings open.
(Xi)
"I know, that is why I have this. Chong, get some of your men and guard the doorway, tell them I'm in a very special meeting and can't be bothere at the moment."
(Chong)
"Right away."
Chong then walks out the room and closes the door behind him.
(Xi)
"Well come on, you said there is something that I need to know."
Going inside the secret room, Shen goes in and finds that it is a slightly bigger room then the one before. Closing the bookcase behind him, Xi goes up to Shen.
(Xi)
"A personal study of mine, I had it installed awhile back when I just want to get away from the stress. Now shall we talk."
Xi then leads Shen to the table sitting in the middle of the room. Shen then tells him of the secret plot orchestrated by the Tiger and Deer, and how his daughter and son are in the mix of it.
Walking out of the building towards his car, Saull picks up the on board radio and calls the Tiger
(Saull)
"Sir, there maybe a problem."
Anvala
Burning Skies Saloon
(Tommy)
"Hey Allen, where in the world is John?"
(Allen)
"I don't know, but I'm gonna kill him when he gets back. There is too many people here for the two of us to handle."
Inside the Saloon, the main floor is crowded with dock workers and others from various parts of the city. The only two working is Allen and Tommy with John missing from the action.
(Tommy)
"Did everyone get the rest of the day off? It's only noon for Pete's sakes. Yeah hold on I got you drink."
Tommy moves behind the counter and grabs several mugs from the racks. Going to the taps, he fills each one with Anvalan Reserve."
(Tommy)
*under his breath* "Good thing Zill had those barrels underneath his warehouse, be disastrous if we tried to replicate Yiski's drinks."
Once top off, he pass the the mugs to the various customers at the bar. Allen moves through the crowd and leans on the counter towards the Tommy.
(Allen)
"We really need more people, or at least have Bdr and the others back."
(Tommy)
"At least it is not like the Festival, remember it was only the three of us running this place and doing repairs."
(Allen)
"We need to hire people now."
The door then opens and comes through John. He then navigate through the swarm of people to Allen and Tommy.
(Tommy)
"Where were you? As you can see we needed help."
(John)
"Whoa, hold on, I got a very good reason why I wasn't here."
(Allen)
"Ok, go on..."
(John)
"Well I was on my way here from Bdr's docks when I got side tracked a bit."
(Tommy)
"Oh how so?"
(John)
"Well there was this lady."
Both Tommy and Allen face palm themselves after heating those words. With a roll of his eyes, Tommy grabs and throws an apron onto John's face stopping him fro continuing his story.
(Tommy)
"You are here, just help us."
Captain Lockheart:
Cecelia: " But the gardens are that way!"
Lockheart: *Smirks* " I know, I know. But what else is here i have interest in?"
Cecelia: " Oh, no. Please. Not the Order. Its so boooooring"
Lockheart: " Too true. However, i have a order to pick up from Octavian Noye. The head Smith. Since my last ambush, and recent events. I want to make sure Averna, Our Trade, and most importantly, our lives. Are safe."
Cecelia: * sighs * " It's never just a normal day out with you is it?"
Lockheart: " Always a adventure"
Lockheart checks outside the window of the carriage and realizes they are close by. He signals to the driver. And they come to a halt.
The two step outside onto the Stone path below. The Large complex where the Order of Chaladon was located. The Research, Engineering, Financial and Government buildings, all close together. Chaladons Parrot Sigil flew from banners on street lamps, and the Buildings themselves. it was just reaching evening, and the sun had begun to fall. The people here were mainly Nobles, with a few Commoners, going about their business.
The Pair approached the Blacksmith's building. Where Octavian was waiting.
Octavian: " Good Evening Sir, Madam. Here to pick up your order, i presume?"
Lockheart: " Yes, of course. I trust it wasn't too weary of a task?"
Octavian: " No, sir. *smiles* Not terribly different from all the other orders we receive..." *Looks over Lockheart's Shoulder* " I see you brought a carriage... Anything else to carry all this Alloy plate?"
Lockheart: " yes, a few days ago i docked my fleet up here in the Higher Dock. So, all we have to do is move the plate from here down the street... Erm.. Do you have a trailer we can borrow to transport it down?"
Octavian: " Yes sir, right away. We'll get it down to the dock for you. Of course * rubs fingers together* for a bit extra..."
Lockheart sighs and hands Octavian a small sack of coins.
Octavian: " Much Obliged "
The Alloy plate, was thick, and a shiny silver colour. It took half a hour to transport it all to the dock. And a further Half hour for Lockheart to load it aboard 3 of his Galleons.
Octavian: " Thats the last of it" *claps hands together* " Well, its heavy duty stuff, that. Should do ya well. We tested it against some o' those rounds you said you got from that. Gunsmith in Anvala... Well. They certainly proved a task and a half. But our lads had fun shooting rather that Smithin'. That plate there should hold up against any shot, that you encountered. Except the one for the Mercury Gun, and the Heavy Flak. We couldn't do anything with that im afraid."
Lockheart: " No problem. I'm not expecting to go up against those rounds but the sense of security is a great deal to me. Thank you. And say thank you to your boys aswell."
Octavian: " Aye, sir... But if you see that... er. Yuri or whatever. Give him my regards. And ask him if he has any time to teach me to do anything like that. Your lucky i didnt sell the rounds to the Order Officials. They'd pay me buckets to reverse engineer that and give 'em a whole new arsenal. "
Lockheart: " You have my thanks. And i'll see what i can do. If i ever see him again."
The two shook hands and parted ways. Lockheart and Cecelia boarded the " Yeshan Dragon ", with the plate sat below deck. Them and the 2 other Galleons. The: "Crowns Justice" and the "Landed Knight". flew back up the Black rock, towards Lockhearts private Docks where they moored up and unloaded the plate. Alexander came to greet them.
Alexander: " Ah, ha. So you did order something from Octavian!"
Lockheart: " Yep. Its a very very strong alloy... I want you to install it on the " Winter", " The Crowns Justice" and "Yeshan Dragon". Its custom built for all of those ships."
Alexander: " Gladly. Looks good. I'll do it, on one condition."
Lockheart rolls his eyes.
Alexander: " You take me to Cathedral, AND you take me with you for at least 3 months on your ship. Since i dont have mine anymore..."
Lockheart: " You shouldn't of rammed it into the Docks"
Alexander: " Look, do you want me to fit your precious ships or not?"
Lockheart: " Fine..."
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