"Speaking"
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'Thoughts'
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Fierce winds whipped the artic ocean into a frenzy as a heavy snow storm raged on causing visibility to drop to almost nothing. The area was empty apart from a small fleet of three ships that slowly came into view. Consisting of two Destroyers and one Light Cruiser. all flying royal-navy ensigns that were threatening to go flying off their flag poles, into the unknown surrounding the ships. Their decks were motionless as it would be a death sentence for anyone who dared to even think about going outside due to the snow and ice covering them.
"W-when will this Snowstorm go away? It's bloody freezing" An unknown person asked
" I don't know, it came out of nowhere" someone else radioed in response
"Well we just need to-"
A garbled transition filled the frequency, the only word able to be deciphered were 'Mayday'. It repeated for a while until it stopped. Filling the air with silence, despite the storm raging on.
"Coventry, What was that?" Someone aboard a destroyer radioed to their ally
"Seems to be a distress call, Ardent" HMS Coventry responded
"Where did it come from?" came the response from the other destroyer.
"I Don't know, Jupiter. We will wait out the storm and search for the sender, while searching we will send the message back to headquarters to be deciphered and triangulate the location of the sender"
"Shouldn't we call for support, something bad could happen"
"Yes we should, I will radio base to ask for support after I have sent the SOS message to base."
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Scapa flow naval base - Home fleet
A maid rushed through the base, holding an important piece of paper. She ran to a large doorway and knocked, anxiously awaiting a response.
"Come in!" She heard from inside and pushed the large double doors open, revealing multiple people who were obviously much more important compared to the maid.
"Greetings your majesty "The messenger said shakily
"Speak, servant. What do you need?"
"We received a message from Scout force 3, they reported a distress call but were unable to understand it and are in the middle of a heavy snow storm so were unable to search for the sender. About 10 minutes ago they radioed in asking for information about the message and have discovered now discovered the location and details about the sender."
"Yes, and?"
"They are asking what are their orders. Do you wish to hear the Distress signal my majesty?"
"Yes, play it."
"Mayday Mayday Mayday" the voice sounded exhausted and in pain
"This is the KMS Tirpitz, I am broadcasting this message as a last resort. I have been abandoned and forgotten by my country for years. I am heavily damaged and have almost completely ran out of supplies. I am unable to summon my riggings and have been under repeated siren attack, I do not think I can survive another attack. If this is being received by Iron Blood . . . then go die in hell. Someone, anyone please help me."
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The forgotten battleship of the north
AdventureA lone battleship sits in a fjord in Svalbard, covered in rust and battle damage it's obvious that it haven't moved in a while. But she is still alive, after all these years forgotten by her allies. She send out one final SOS signal not expecting an...
