Everyone who was a.s.signed to go to Sirius was waiting at the port of White Sandy city. The port was still loading some cargoes as well as vehicles. Everyone, there was talking with each other, most of them showed excited expression as they actually get to go overseas.The platoon a.s.signed to go to the Sirius was neatly lined and were briefed by their commanding officer. But most of them looked at the next line where another platoon was lined, they were actually a.s.signed as the bodyguard of the convoy delivering the cargoes.
Vehicles were also being loaded in the cargo ship, they also loaded One CH-53 helicopter and three Huey which, were sitting in the flat deck of the ship. The people a.s.signed to organize the cultural exchange will be riding in the cargo ship. The ship was not really that great as it was literally meant for carrying cargo, so most of them already expected an uncomfortable with the ship.
The soldiers were also gonna ride the cargo ship, the shop will be escorted by one destroyer. The escort destroyer will return to them after the ship will meet with the Minekazi destroyer that came from Ernan port.
The ships will be departing in three hours, most of the vessels are only loading the last cargoes and checking out the ship"s engines and systems.
The ship is said to arrive at the port of Ernan after 24 hours. The cargo ship was designed to match the speed of the destroyers and battleships, even they are carrying heavy cargo.
After a few hours, the ships honked their horns signaling that they are departing. The cargo ship and its escort destroyer left the White Sandy City port at 0800 hours. They were expected to meet at 1600 hours with the Minekazi destroyer which will replace the cargo ship"s current escort destroyer.
The two ships traveled toward the direction of the continent of Agua, which is about 3100 kilometers away from their country.
The Captain who was in the bridge accompanied by his officers were looking at the instruments in the dash of the ship. They were checking the status of the ships, such as speed, location, temperature, weather forecast, and the radar map.
One of the officers reported, " Maximum speed will be reached in 8 minutes, engine temperature normal, wind speed 15 kilometers east, buoyancy stable. "
The Captain spoke, " Well the weather and sea current sure is friendly to us today, I guess we will be reaching the rendezvous location with the Minekazi very smoothly and easily. "
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The platoon a.s.signed as bodyguards that were in the deck the ship was talking about strategies to defend the convoy when they reach the land.
They were doing this after they have received a report about the special forces encountering some bandits while traveling. They were doing this for the safety of the civilians and cargoes that they were transporting.
After their departure, they were briefed by General Joey on how important the cargoes were, and they have also warned by Joey, " If the cargoes are lost before reaching the City, the money from creating those cargoes will be taken from your paycheck and salaries. "
So every member of the platoon was trying their best to defend the cargoes, as they already know who will pay the damages of the cargoes. So their excited faces immediately turned into serious bodyguards not letting a fly even land on the cargo containers. "
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The ships have finally reached the rendezvous point with the Minekazi destroyer after eight hours of travel. The current escort destroyer turned back towards Dariel.
The Minekazi Captain radios the Cargo ship Captain, the Captain of the destroyer told the cargo ship captain to just follow them.
The cargo ship just followed the Minekazi Destroyer, the two ships were moving at their top speeds of 72 knots. It was an amazing sight that a heavy cargo ship is capable, to go head to head with a destroyer that was designed to chase and destroy other ships.
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At the Buckingham Palace, Dariel was sitting in his office listening to the clocks ticking, he was showing a bored face in the quiet room. Until a knock startled him, making him regain his attention at his paperwork.
A voice then spoke, " Sir I am here to report "
Dariel replied, " Then come in, and report it immediately, I am very busy today. "
A man then entered the room and was holding a paper. The man started to state the report, " The Cargo Ship Catalina has been able to meet up with the Minekazi destroyer without any problems. The first destroyer escort of the Catalina is now on a course to return to White Sandy Port."
Dariel then replied, " Good, you may now leave and please, tell the security that I will be doing an overtime today."
The man nodded while saying " yes sir" before leaving the room. Dariel then picks up the telephone on his desk and calls his secretary to bring him some coffee.
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It was 0800 hours, the two ships have arrived at the Port of Ernan. Catalina was having the same trouble as the Bismarck when it first came to the port. It was too shallow for the ship to dock at the port, but they were advised by Captain Gustavus about the rise of the water at night.
So the crew of the ship had no choice but to wait at night, to unload the cargo. The captain was scratching his head as they have encountered their first problem.
The two commanding officers of the platoons and the leader of the organizing team went to the bridge of the ship. They are were going to tell the captain about their plan to leave at night.
Second Lt. Alan Roe speaks, " Captain we will be departing during nighttime, as we can"t delay the delivery of the cargoes. So we will take the risk of traveling at night."
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A knock again can be heard in Dariel"s office and the same voice from before can be heard.
" Sir I have another report about the situation at Ernan, this report must be heard by you sir ASAP! "
Dariel then spoke, " Fine come in and report it."
The man read the paper his holding.
" At 0800 hours when the Catalina has arrived at the port of Ernan, the ship was not able to unload its cargo because of the shallow water that may damage the ship."
" But according to a report by Captain Gustavus of the Bismarck, states that the water level increases every night that the ship will be able to unload its cargo."
" Because of this the platoon and organizers have decided to travel at nighttime after unloading everything. This action was done by them because of the reason if they will stay even longer in the town, the cargo might not reach the city of Ram on time. "
Dariel was tapping his fingers on his table and was thinking about something and spoke.
" Hmmm, it looks like we made the right choice in sending those men. They have the initiative to think something like that, well that will help our plans to not get delayed by some stupid shallow water."
The man spoke, " Sir there is another urgent report, that you must hear it is from the marine corps which were doing the operation clean-up drive."
Dariel then looked at the man"s and spoke, " Report it immediately if it"s from the military, it must be something strange."