11 September 2022, 0930 hour
Port Parfeski, Chiruna
2 days have passed since the event.
On a quite cloudy and windy morning, the Port of Parfeski, the largest one in Chiruna, lies a fleet of warships. Consisting of 1 Stosscl-class corvette [1], 4 Umdæmi-class FACs and 3 Sverfiskur-class FACs [2], the reason behind this fleet being formed is to carry diplomats to Marinse in order to form diplomatic relations with them.
The fleet then departed from the port at 0930 hour and headed towards southwest, where Marinse is supposed to be from the information they got.
The diplomats were Javí Karlsson and Lorn Marllinsson. Their mission is to establish diplomatic relations and possibly discuss about trade. Due to the effects of the transfer, Chiruna has been suffering a bit in terms of food imports. Although self-sufficient in terms of products like fish and mutton, they do rely on imports from other nations for grains.
This doesn't bother the Chirunans much, but their diet will be limited for a while until they obtain a stable source of import for grains.
They sailed at a set speed 17 knots or around 31.5 km/h. They sailed southwest for minutes, reaching into hours. Were they tricked by the Marinseans? Surely not, they seemed friendly to them, after all!
2 hours passed when they saw a fleet of wooden ships at a distance around 500m away. The Chirunans, assuming the ships to be Marinsean's, sailed towards them, hoping to gain proper directions to Marinse from them.
They dispatched a MQ-8B Fire Scout drone helicopter [3] from CNS Intwelo, a Stosscl-class corvette, to try to get their attention. The small drone then flew and when it reached at a distance of around 50m, it began circling around in front of the Marinsean fleet.
Marinse POV, 7th Squadron of the Royal Marinsean Navy
1145 hour
A lookout on the flagship HMMS Itera spotted a fleet of 1 medium-sized ship and 7 smaller ships, all seemed to be grey in colour, possibly indicating the ships to be made out of steel.
The lookout yelled, "Captain! I spot a fleet of ships! 8 of them! All of it seemed to be made out of steel!"
"They really kept their promise", the captain said. He was the same captain who met and talked with the Chirunans two days ago, Captain Javien Gordon.
They headed towards the Chirunan fleet, until they heard a whirring sound in the sky. When they looked up, they saw a small flying steel bird, circling in place. It seemed to be trying to attract their attention, they assumed.
After sailing and reaching a distance of 100 metres from the Chirunans, they heard a loud voice, saying "This is the Chirunan Naval Forces! As part of a promise from our side, we have sent two of our diplomats to form proper relations with your nation!"
Captain Javien acknowledged this, telling a mage to increase the loudness of his voice using magic, then replied "This is the 7th Squadron of the Royal Marinsean Navy. We have remembered your promise and have waited here for you people. We shall show you the way to our capital's port."
The Marinsean fleet turned around and head towards their capital's port with the Chirunans following behind them. It took them 30 minutes to reach the port.
Chiruna POV
1215 hour
After tailing behind the Marinseans for 30 minutes, they've finally reached the port. It was beautiful, resembling a classic Rennaisance-era major port if one were to look at it. It had many docks and many merchant ships sailing in and out of the port. It was a lively port.
The diplomats had to change ships from the CNS Intwelo to CNS Hákarl, due to the shallowness of the port. Hákarl, being a Sverfiskur-class FAC, has water jets as it main method of propulsion, making it able to sail on shallower waters. The ship then managed to dock onto a designated wooden dock. On the dock were 3 people along with 10 footmen.
After docking, Javí Karlsson and Lorn Marllinsson along with 6 soldiers belonging to the Chirunan Special Naval Unit, the Chirunan's only marine unit, stepped foot on the dock.
One of the man waiting on the dock, with long ears, introduced himself and the two other men.
"Welcome to Orissa, the capital of Marinse, also known as the Pearl of Erimina, fellow Chirunans. My name is Gardes Marnes, Minister of Foreign Affairs. These two belongs to our royal army, General Alexander Hermillian and Lieutenant General Dalyor Yelric Syldi."
Javí responded, "Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Gardes Marnes. My name is Javí Karlsson and this here is Lorn Marllinsson. We're both diplomats of Chiruna. These men here are also coming with us, they are...", he think on what to called them, "our guards to guarantee our safety."
"I see, then I'll allow these guards to accompany you. Follow me. I'll show you the way to the building where our diplomats are ready to meet you", Gardes said. They soon went on horse carriages and head towards a majestic palace a few blocks away, overlooking the whole city as it stood on top of a hill.
They call it the Grand Palace of Orissa, named after the capital and also the first leader of Marinse, Queen Orissa I. It took a few minutes to reach the main gate of the palace.
Also one thing to mention, back at the port, the Chirunan fleet gained a lot of attention due to the size and also the material the ships are made out of.
Anyways, back at the main gate, the Chirunans got off their horse carriages and followed Marnes into the palace. He told the receptionist that these were diplomats coming to form relations with their nation.
It did took a bit to reach the meeting room due to the size of the palace but they eventually did.
Marnes then said "This is the meeting room. In it contains one of our royal family, the princess and also a few ministers including the prime minister."
Hearing the words 'royal family', Javí and Lorn reminded themselves to be as polite as possible.
"Excuse me, I have brought the Chirunan delegation", Marnes said after entering the room, followed by the Chirunans.
"You may sit here. The guards may stand back there", said Marnes. The Chirunan diplomats sat on the chairs of the large oval table.
At the second farthest seat to the right of the diplomats, an elf stood up. He says "Welcome to Marinse, diplomats from Chiruna. My name is Orist Olaris, the Prime Minister of Marinse. To the left of me is a representative from the royal family, her highness Princess Leena Olacaryn."
The princess nodded upon hearing her name.
"Now, the meeting shall begin."
The Chirunans handed out papers containing information regarding Chiruna to the rest of the Marinseans. Unfortunately for them, the Marinseans couldn't read them, which was strange since they spoke the same language.
Javí had to explain them verbally, "Our nation, the Republic of Chiruna, is an island nation with a population of 659,280 in a 2022 estimate. Our main religion is the Church of Ixia", just as he said Ixia, Princess Leena spoke, "Excuse me, did you just say 'Ixia'?"
"I did, your highness. Is there any problems with it?", Javí said, trying to be as polite as possible.
"Well, theres is a goddess we believe in called Ixia, the goddess of cold. She controls the anything related to cold on this world."
"That's an interesting coincidence. We believe that our creator Ixia created us and the universe we live in."
"Very interesting. You can go on now."
"Thank you, your highness. Moving on...", Javí then explained the contents of the paper they have given to the Marinseans in detail. Javí wondered, after telling these information to them, had they not even consider Chiruna as a nation not native to this world?
He then had to tell the truth, "I'm not sure if you have found this out or not, but our nation isn't from this world. We experience an event which transferred our nation from our world to your's."
Orist replied, "I see. We already discussed about the possibility of your nation being a transferred one during the two day timeframe you gave us."
So that's why they weren't too suprised. Javí felt relieved. Now, he had to tell them one more thing.
"Well then, my government has a request for you. We would like for you to send a delegation to our nation. Our nation will provide everything from transport from your port to ours and accomodations."
The Marinseans then discussed among themselves. Then, after reaching a conclusion, Orist said, "I, the Prime Minister of Chiruna, accept the request to send delegations to your nation."
The meeting ended after also discussing about Marinse with no problems whatsoever, with the Marinseans sending their delegations on 15 September. The Chirunans managed to gain lots of information from this meeting alone.
However, Chirunan didn't know about the current threat of invasion from Marinse's neighbour, Imperia Romadia.
References:
[1]:
Source: http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5649&p=130648&hilit=generica#p130648
[2]:
Based on Hamina-class missile boat (after its MLU program) of the Finnish Navy
[3]:
MQ-8B Fire Scout
A/N: third chapter. you might've guessed my schedule now. i publish chapters every weekend. do provide criticism if you have one.
as always, stay hydrated and see ya.