USS Johnston (DDG-175) "Fog of War"

Chapter 9

I awoke in a startle as I was thrown from my bed and onto the hard floor. I groan from the pain as I try to get myself back onto my feet. Until the room tilts severely and have me tossed to the door with a giant slam.

Me: (grunts through pain) Aegis, what the sea state?

I was then taken back to my bed as I slam myself into it unintentionally.

Aegis: Sea stater is at level 6... Very common phenomenon

Me: Thanks

I get up from my position and wobble through my room and to the door and onto the bridge, where the sky is grey, and the seas are green with white caps. I stumble over to the 1MC and activate it to talk to the others below.

Me: Good morning, PoWs. If you have not noticed, the weather has taken a turn for the worse and our cruise will be extending a bit more until the weather calms down. For your health, there will be snacks given shortly as food won't be advisable for your stomachs. I do apologize for the inconvenience.

Down below, things are a bit better as the room rocks to and throw a little at a time, due to them being lower in the hull. A couple of them are sleeping through the swells. Tirpitz sits in her rack as she bounces a ball onto the wall, clearly bored.

Inside the CIC, Aegis is looking through a recent transmission of a warship and is listening to the conversation...

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A grey haired woman is hunched over a map as she points to where the reported last contact of the fleet was. Her eye patch on her left eye denounces her as Scharnhorst

Scharnhorst: My baby sister Gneisenau, It is so good to know you are out of drydock and on your way to me for more fun. I do hope the 38 cm guns lord Bismarck gave you will be enough to sink any vessels. But we do have a problem

Gneisenau: Yes, Mistress Tirpitz and her group disappearing. I was given a short rundown on where that ship might be. Along with some needed information.

Scharnhorst: (interested) Tell me, you know I love secrets

Gneisenau: From what I heard, our spies reported a group of ships compromising two carriers, a battleship, one cruiser and one destroyer heading east. Bismarck thinks the fleet is rendezvousing with the ship and if we plot where the enemy fleet is at Dover...

Scharnhorst: A very likely prospect. But what if she is not heading there, instead for Scapa Flow?

Gneisenau: I doubt it, an Eagle Union carrier and battleship with Royal Navy carrier and destroyer... With the weather going bad, I doubt the ship isn't going quickly, along with our reputations for heavy seas...

Scharnhorst: How much armament are we talking about?

Gneisenau: Not much, a single cannon and an AA gun... Which would be overkill for you and even more for me. I have the new guns.

Scharnhorst: (sighs) Alright, let's take the lord's lead. You will meet up soon right?

Gneisenau: Only 15 hours away!

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Aegis puts down the paper onto the desk and begins rifling through some documents nearby. Upon not finding any, she goes over to the Historical section ID and flip through the huge book. Soon finding a crude drawing of the warships mentioned.

Aegis: hmmm, could be a problem. Guess I go into the machine and run a few simulations.

With that the girl descends a ladder in the corner of the room, where a large space is located below. Within the space is a capsule with a glass door that opens upon the girl's entry. When she fully seats herself in, the door closes, and the "bunk" rises into the ceiling and latches itself...