25-10-2024, 09:46 PM
Northern Limit, Ananto Straits, 1959 Local
The sun was about 20 minutes from dropping below the Horizon when the ancient tub, The Kracken joined her sister The Balrog in flames on the high sea. Neither destroyer had scored a hit, and yet, they still performed a valuable sacrificial service in drawing the fire of the Kazulian ships long enough for the LAFA fleets to finish turning the Container Ship into Dundorfian Cheese. A couple more hits at the waterline and this would be an incredibly expensive bit of reparations for the two sunken Kalistani Destroyers.
Now that the Destroyers were rendered useless, Squadron 1 was in command. Gunnery Sergeant Maria Bjornsdottir commanded Squads 2, 3 and 4 to circle around to the Destroyers and pick up any survivors in the sea, and then return to Vrassa. Meanwhile, Squad 1 moved to the far side of the Crippled Container ship and proceeded to do a dump ex into its hull. All Munitions were expended, and the ship was fully riddled with bullets. Several gaping holes graced the waterline, and the sea was draining into the ship faster than anyone could stop it. The engine compartment was completely flooded, and the crew had long abandoned the lower decks. The ship was sinking at an alarming rate.
Sirens were sounding off all around the container ship as crewmembers attempted to board lifeboats. Just then, the ship began listing to its starboard, and the boats on the Port side were useless. Men and merchandise began sliding across the deck and into the Ocean. "Hopefully, the Kazulians come down to pick them up", Bjornsdottir thought to herself as she ordered her squad to make a beeline as fast as possible to the burning wrecks of the Kalistani Ships. Three men on the Kracken hailed her. She ordered them to jump into the ocean, but they insisted on throwing down a rope ladder. Just as they began climbing down, the Kracken suffered another massive explosion as fire hit the charges for the Guns. The ship cracked instantly at the site of the explosion and the Bow sunk beneath the waves. Unfortunately for Squad 1, the explosion also sent shrapnel flying at her squad, and Crew 3 took the brunt of the damage. The boat was peppered as if a giant shotgun had blown it apart. Men were blown out into the sea, and pools of blood formed around them as they floated. The LAFA craft sunk almost instantly, taking 12 Partisans down with it.
The men who were trying to climb down the ladder meanwhile had been knocked off into the ocean by the explosion. As the Bow dipped below the waves, the back half of the ship lifted into the air. The Aft and the Engine room had long ago sank, but the bottom of the hull at the site of the torpedo hit was clean out of the water. Once the men hit the water, there was a great horrific tearing sound and the bow of the Destroyer broke off under water. Meanwhile the rest of the ship, suddenly freed from the bow, smashed back into the water.
"Right on top of that Sailor..." Bjornsdottir said, feeling sick. Two other sailors who had survived began swimming for their lives toward the LAFA. What they did not know was that the Destroyer was now listing toward port, and was actually falling, like a tree in the forest falls. The Gunnery Sergeant yelled "GO UNDERWATER! GET UNDERWATER NOW!" But the sailors did not hear her and the ship smashed the surface of the ocean with a tremendous splash, catching and drowning the two men who might have escaped the cursed tub under its enormous weight.
Bjornsdottir immediately vomited over the side of the boat. Composing herself a little, she could see over the sinking wreckage that the Kazulian warships were headed at top speed toward her now, were just a little ways off the Container ship, and could likely see her.
"Go! Get OUT OF HERE!" she yelled at her helmsman, who promptly turned the boat about and aimed for Vrassa. Crew 2 joined them at top speed as the fled the scene of the catastrophe.
The sun was about 20 minutes from dropping below the Horizon when the ancient tub, The Kracken joined her sister The Balrog in flames on the high sea. Neither destroyer had scored a hit, and yet, they still performed a valuable sacrificial service in drawing the fire of the Kazulian ships long enough for the LAFA fleets to finish turning the Container Ship into Dundorfian Cheese. A couple more hits at the waterline and this would be an incredibly expensive bit of reparations for the two sunken Kalistani Destroyers.
Now that the Destroyers were rendered useless, Squadron 1 was in command. Gunnery Sergeant Maria Bjornsdottir commanded Squads 2, 3 and 4 to circle around to the Destroyers and pick up any survivors in the sea, and then return to Vrassa. Meanwhile, Squad 1 moved to the far side of the Crippled Container ship and proceeded to do a dump ex into its hull. All Munitions were expended, and the ship was fully riddled with bullets. Several gaping holes graced the waterline, and the sea was draining into the ship faster than anyone could stop it. The engine compartment was completely flooded, and the crew had long abandoned the lower decks. The ship was sinking at an alarming rate.
Sirens were sounding off all around the container ship as crewmembers attempted to board lifeboats. Just then, the ship began listing to its starboard, and the boats on the Port side were useless. Men and merchandise began sliding across the deck and into the Ocean. "Hopefully, the Kazulians come down to pick them up", Bjornsdottir thought to herself as she ordered her squad to make a beeline as fast as possible to the burning wrecks of the Kalistani Ships. Three men on the Kracken hailed her. She ordered them to jump into the ocean, but they insisted on throwing down a rope ladder. Just as they began climbing down, the Kracken suffered another massive explosion as fire hit the charges for the Guns. The ship cracked instantly at the site of the explosion and the Bow sunk beneath the waves. Unfortunately for Squad 1, the explosion also sent shrapnel flying at her squad, and Crew 3 took the brunt of the damage. The boat was peppered as if a giant shotgun had blown it apart. Men were blown out into the sea, and pools of blood formed around them as they floated. The LAFA craft sunk almost instantly, taking 12 Partisans down with it.
The men who were trying to climb down the ladder meanwhile had been knocked off into the ocean by the explosion. As the Bow dipped below the waves, the back half of the ship lifted into the air. The Aft and the Engine room had long ago sank, but the bottom of the hull at the site of the torpedo hit was clean out of the water. Once the men hit the water, there was a great horrific tearing sound and the bow of the Destroyer broke off under water. Meanwhile the rest of the ship, suddenly freed from the bow, smashed back into the water.
"Right on top of that Sailor..." Bjornsdottir said, feeling sick. Two other sailors who had survived began swimming for their lives toward the LAFA. What they did not know was that the Destroyer was now listing toward port, and was actually falling, like a tree in the forest falls. The Gunnery Sergeant yelled "GO UNDERWATER! GET UNDERWATER NOW!" But the sailors did not hear her and the ship smashed the surface of the ocean with a tremendous splash, catching and drowning the two men who might have escaped the cursed tub under its enormous weight.
Bjornsdottir immediately vomited over the side of the boat. Composing herself a little, she could see over the sinking wreckage that the Kazulian warships were headed at top speed toward her now, were just a little ways off the Container ship, and could likely see her.
"Go! Get OUT OF HERE!" she yelled at her helmsman, who promptly turned the boat about and aimed for Vrassa. Crew 2 joined them at top speed as the fled the scene of the catastrophe.
Primary: Institutionalist Party of Kalistan (IPoK), 5146-
Inactive:
Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK), 2591-
Inactive:
Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK), 2591-