>>1786807
>>...it was just you and Anna. The RN would be providing the backup this time.

>>1786807
>>...it was just you and Anna. The RN would be providing the backup this time.

Time for boats!

>>1786807
>>...the Admiral sent a rather sizeable escort force.

We need escorts, badly, and the RN has other things to worry about (Fucking Argies).

>>1786807
>The admiral sent a sizeable force.

Recon in force a best.

>>1786807
>...it was just you and Anna. The RN would be providing the backup this time.

>>1786807
>>...it was just you and Anna. The RN would be providing the backup this time.

>>1786807
>>...it was just you and Anna. The RN would be providing the backup this time.

>>1786807

TIME FOR BOTES!!!

>>...the Admiral sent a rather sizeable escort force.
Cruisers, destroyers and White Plains with the occasional subgirl surfacing once in a while.

>>1786807
>...the Admiral sent a rather sizeable escort force.

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>>1786807
It was just you and Anna on this one. The Admiral still needed every shipgirl he could get to keep the Bering Sea secure. Thankfully, the Royal Navy had kindly offered their own garrisoned shipgirls to help support you.

In addition, Dorsetshire, Repulse, Haida, and Blyskawica were tagging along with you, too, considering that they were RN as well. Well, technically RN for the last two.

Anyways, your plane was going to be landing at the Falklands base pretty soon. Dorsie was sitting quietly, reading a book. Repulse was trying to get her smartphone to work, and Haida and Blys seemed to be reading a magazine that had them very interested.

Anna seemed to be taking a nap, the volume on her headphones turned up so high you could hear the music blaring from the speakers. How the hell does she sleep like that?

>Talk to Repulse
>Talk to Dorsie
>Talk to Haida and Blys
>Wake up Anna
>Just wait to land.
>Other

>>1786971
>>Talk to Dorsie

>>1786971
>>Talk to Haida and Blys

>>1786971
>>Talk to Dorsie
How does she keep her sanity now that she has to babysit what is essentially the British Kongou?

>>1786971
>Talk to Repulse

>>1786971
>>Just wait to land.

>>1786971
>>Talk to Dorsie

>>1786971
>>Talk to Haida and Blys

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>>1786971
You decide to talk to Dorsie. However, she was still reading her book intently as you approach. Damn, what was the proper way to handle this...?

>Politely make your presence known.
>Wait till Dorsie notices you.
>Try to see what she's reading.
>Other

>>1787043
>>Try to see what she's reading.

>>1787043
>>Try to see what she's reading.

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>>1787043
>>1787043
>>Try to see what she's reading.

Meanwhile, Anna is dreaming of her CHILDREN with Hoel.

>>1787043
>>Try to see what she's reading.

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>>1787043
Oddly enough, Dorsie was holding her book in an angle where it would be difficult for an outside observer to see what exactly she was reading. And it was just odd enough that you suspected she was doing it on purpose.

Plus the book was really, REALLY thick. Like, you could probably stuff that into one of your cannons and fire it and it'd probably kill an Abyssal from the sheer impact.

>Roll 1d20

>>1787129

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1787129

Rolled 18 (1d20)

>>1787129
>>1787136
Forgot to roll

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>1787129

>>1787103
Oddly fitting. Also cute.

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>>1787129
As you head up, you crane your head just a bit and manage to catch a glimpse of the cover. That, combined with the coloring on the edges, and you quickly manage to narrow down the possibilities.

"Heh, pretty interesting to see a grown up cruiser like you reading Harry Potter." You grin.

Dorsie's body seems to freeze in place, but you see her eyes very, VERY slowly turning to meet yours. She slides a bookmark on the pages, closes the book, and carefully files it away.

Boy did she take that British stoicism pretty seriously.

"I'd appreciate it if you'd not snoop into others' reading habits." Dorsie coughs, trying to stay as calm as possible. "I was merely catching up with my country's literary history. It's been a rather long 70 years, after all."

>Sure, whatever you say.
>C'mon, ya don't have to hide what you like!
>Other

>>1787190
>Sure, whatever you say.

>>1787190
>C'mon, ya don't have to hide what you like!

>>1787190
>>C'mon, ya don't have to hide what you like!
If it's any consolation, did you know that Batman is actually BRUCE WAYNE?

>>1787190
>C'mon, ya don't have to hide what you like!
I would say talk shop with her about literature, but I'm guessing Hoel doesn't really read too much.

>>1787190
>>C'mon, ya don't have to hide what you like!
>>1787205
No, Batman pretends to be Bruce Wayne
>>1787208
She probably watched the Harry Potter movies instead.

>>1787190
>Sure, whatever you say.

What Hogwarts House are you?

>>1787190
>>C'mon, ya don't have to hide what you like!

It's Harry Potter ffs, no need to hide liking it.

>>1787190
>>C'mon, ya don't have to hide what you like!

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>>1787190
"C'mon, ya don't have to hide what you like!" You grin. "Besides, nothing wrong with liking Harry Potter! It's only like, THE MOST POPULAR BOOK SERIES EVER."

"I suppose." Dorsie concedes. "But it is a series meant for...well... children. The early books, at least."

"Pffffft, it's fine! Ya don't have to worry so much!" You roll your eyes.

"I suppose you read the whole thing, then?" Dorsie looks at you inquisitively.

>Of course!
>Better. I watched all the movies!
>Nope!
>Other

>>1787190

>C'mon, ya don't have to hide what you like!
Ravenclaw for lyfe. Only because I like corvids. Griffindor is nice too

>>1787283
>>Better. I watched all the movies!
At least we aren't a Hufflepuff.

>>1787283
>>Better. I watched all the movies!
this sounds perfectly in character for Hoel.

I bet Hoel is a secret Hufflepuff

>>1787283
>>Of course!

>>1787283
>>Better. I watched all the movies!
I imagine we're not big on reading but love movies. I hope we watched all the Gary Oldman movies like Leon The Professional, Fifth Element and stuff. Oh and baseball ones too.

>>1787283
>Nope!
I skipped most of book six! Nobody's got time to read a whole book of nothing happening!

>>1787293
Well, we know we watched "Field of Dreams"...

>>1787283
>>Better. I watched the movies!

"Who even needs books anyway? Only nerds read books." - Hoel, probably

>>1787283
>>Of course!

Fuck the movies, they butchered the books.

>>1787283
>>Better. I watched all the movies!

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>>1787283
"Better!" You grin. "I watched all the movies!"

Dorsie just gives an utterly horrified look, as if she was trying to decide whether to vomit or slap you.

"Not a movie person?"

"It's just..." Dorsie coughs to regain her composure. "I don't think they do the books justice."

"Whatever." You shrug. "Ain't got time to read all those monsters, ya know what I mean?"

"You do have a point." Dorsie grins. "The later books are thick enough to stop battleship shells."

Suddenly, you're all jolted when the plane touches down on the tarmac. Repulse, Haida, and Blys are snapped out of their respective distraction while Anna flails around as she's suddenly awoken, practically rolling out of her seat and into the aisle.

"Jeez Anna, you're always so jumpy." You laugh as you help her up to her feet.

"W-well, I was caught off guard!" Anna pouts. "And weren't you supposed to wake me up when we were getting close?"

"Whoops." You smile and shrug.

"Come on, you're holding the plane up." Haida reminds you both as the others disembark.

"Right, right." You laugh as you drag Anna along.

And outside, you're immediately met by-

>A familiar heavy cruiser.
>A very sweaty carrier.
>Another battlecruiser!?
>Other

>>1787369
>>A very sweaty carrier.

>>1787369
>>Another battlecruiser!?

>>1787369
>Another battlecruiser!?
We're cursed.

>>1787369
>>Another battlecruiser!?

>>1787369
>>A familiar heavy cruiser.

>>1787369
>>Another battlecruiser!?

>>1787369
... Is this Kongou? Crap

>>1787369
>>Another battlecruiser?!
HMS Lion, the battlecruiser that bitch-slapped various Germans into submission, and is the sort of person that has to be forcibly dragged away from a fight when?

OR

>>Other
HMS Campbeltown, murderous psychopath of a destroyer that wants to ram every Abyssal she sees.

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>>1787369
The moment you step off a plane, you catch a flash of red, white, and blue. Some sort of shipgirl moving impossibly fast-!

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 6 (1d20)

>>1787417

Rolled 16 (1d20)

>>1787417

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>1787417

>>1787428
Oh wow... I kinda want to see what sort of murderous things comes at us now.

>>1787428
I said it before, CURSED!

>>1787417
Red, white, and blue, and super fast...

Calling it now, it's Le Fantasque.

>>1787428
Well not the worst thing to get a 1 on.

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>>1787428
Uh oh!

Would you like to use a FATE POINT for that? You currently have 1 point!

>Y
>N

>>1787453
N

>>1787453
>N

>>1787453
>>N

>>1787428
INCOMING BAGUETTE!!!
>>1787444
LE MERDE!!! C'est un zekamashi français!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPiaJc3hjco
>>1787453
>>N
Save it for when we inevitably encounter the legless bitch.

>>1787453
>>N

>>1787453
>>N

>>1787453
>N

>>1787460
>un
That should be une. Unless it's a trap.

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>>1787472
Kind of like BEST lead ship of BEST DD class???

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>>1787453
Almost immediately, you are rammed by a fast moving blur of color as whatever had just hit you keeps going and slams into Repulse, sandwiching you between the two bodies.

"RRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEPPP!" The British battlecruiser that literally just ran you down cries.

"REN!" Repulse laughs. "It's been FOREVER!"

"Renown." Dorsie nods respectfully. "Hoel, this is Renown, Repulse's sister ship.

"Yeah, I heard." You croak as the weight of two battlecruisers presses into you from both sides.

"Oh! You must be Hoel! The one who's been looking out for Rep!" Renown says happily as she hugs you tighter.

Was this how things were going to end?

"Er, do you need assistance...?" Dorsie wonders.

>Yes please.
>No, this is fine.
>Other

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>>1787478
I swear that Fletcher is harder to find than Eldridge.

>>1787497
>>No, this is fine.

>>1787497
>>Yes please.

>>1787497
>No, this is fine.

>>1787497
>No, this is fine.

>>1787497
>No, this is fine.
Stiff upper lip.

>>1787497
>>Yes please.

DEAR GAWD, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM DESS!

DO NOT EVER LET THEM IN THE SAME BASE AS KONGOU!

>>1787499
>I swear that Fletcher is harder to find than Eldridge.
Gacha drops in this version of Kancolle are cruel and merciless.

>>1787497
>>>Yes please.

>>1787497
>>No, this is fine.


>>1787478
>>1787499
>USS Fletcher is sort of a 'mythical/legendary' figure amounst the Fletcher-class like a Unicorn.

>>1787505
Don't worry. We can always disarm them by using their old nicknames.

"Repair" and "Refit".

Yes, those were really the nicknames they were given. Apparently, they may have been lemons...

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>>1787509
>>1787516
The RN Admiral's face when the Renowns were around and after he got a Bongou in exchange for the Renowns.

>>1787497
>No, this is fine.

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>>1787497
"N-no, this is fine." You croak. "Feels kinda nice, really."

"Hoeeeeeel." Anna pouts.

"Okay, break it up, break it up." Haida sighs as she pushes the two battlecruisers apart.

"Aw, Haida, Blys! It's so great to see you two around too!" Renown laughs as she sweeps the two destroyers up in another hug.

"Gah!" Haida gasps.

"K-kurwa!" Blys curses.

"It's good to see you again, Repulse." Dorsie nods. "I assume you'll be our escort?"

"That's right!" Renown nods. "I understand you're doing some sort of experiment!"

"We want to know if the north and south Dark Zones are connected somehow!" Anna explains. "We have recon teams moving into the north DZ, while I'll set up my beacon in the south, and we'll see if they can pick it up!"

"I did not understand a word you said, but it sounds fun!" Renown nods rapidly.

Meanwhile, Haida and Blys try to wriggle their way out of Renown's iron grip.

"I was under the impression that the Admiralty would provide some carrier support, too." Dorsie looks around."

"Hm, they should be here by now.." Renown shrugs. "How about some tea while we wait?"

>Tea sounds nice.
>You can look for the carriers.
>Maybe you should save Haida and Blys.
>Other

>>1787548
>You can look for the carriers.

>>1787548
>>You can look for the carriers.

>>1787548
>>You can look for the carriers.

>>1787548
>Tea sounds nice.

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>>1787548
>>Tea sounds nice.
>>You can look for the carriers.
Why not both? The Brit flattops will show up when the tea bell rings anyway.

>>1787548
>>Tea sounds nice

>>1787548
>>Tea sounds nice.>You can look for the carriers.

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>>1787548
Looks like we got a tie so we'll have to roll it off!

1. Look
2. Tea

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>>1787592
"You guys go on ahead!" You grin. "I'll go find those carriers of yours!"

"Wait!" Renown calls out, but you're already gone.

Thankfully, you still remember how to get around the Falklands naval base, your memory from the last time you were here serving you well. In addition, you also had your radar at your disposal, which you use to ping the base. Oddly enough, you don't find many shipgirls in the base itself. Looked like Exeter, Achilles, and Ajax were out?

However, you did spot a single carrier shipgirl on the docks and home in. Once you get visual contact, you see that it's Victorious, sitting on the edge of the dock with a troubled look on her face as her twintails flapped in the ocean breeze.

>Go and greet her.
>Go and greet SURPRISE greet her!
>Other

>>1787598
>>Go and greet SURPRISE greet her!

>>1787598
>>Go and greet SURPRISE greet her!

>>1787598
>>Go and greet her.
Like a normal shipgirl

>>1787598
>Go and greet SURPRISE greet her!

Tactical Hugging Engaged.

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>>1787598
>>Go and greet SURPRISE greet her!

>>1787598
>>Go and greet SURPRISE greet her!

>>1787598
>>Go and greet SURPRISE greet her!

>>1787598
>Go and greet her.

Don't scare the Robin.

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>>1787598
Huh, Vicky looked kinda down. Maybe you should cheer her up!

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>1787627
Fingers crossed

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>1787627

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>1787627

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>>1787630
Wow, looks like you got a 20!

Would you like to bank that for a FATE POINT? You currently have only 1!

>Y
>N

>>1787627
>>Y

That cat looks pretty comfy, and we need every fate point we can get.

>>1787656
>Y

>>1787656
I'm tempted to say no but common sense says

>Yes

>>1787656
>>Y

>>1787656
>Y

>>1787656
>Y

>>1787656
>N

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>>1787656
>FATE POINT GAINED
>You now have 2 points!

"VICKYYYYY!" You say happily as you hug the unsuspecting carrier from behind. "Long time no seeeeeee!"

"Ah, H-Hoel!" Vicky stammers as her entire body stiffens up. "W-when did you get here...!?"

"Just now!" You laugh. "So whatcha doing out here?"

"Just... thinking about some things." Vicky sighs.

>Feel like talking?
>Do you need some more alone time?
>It's TEA TIME!
>Other

>>1787697
>>It's TEA TIME!

I hope someone brought cake in their Rigs

>>1787697
>>It's TEA TIME!

>>1787697
>>It's TEA TIME!
>>1787702
Cakes made by Mulberry!

>>1787697
>>It's TEA TIME!

>>1787697
>It's TEA TIME!

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>>1787697
"Well, that's too bad, because it's TEAM TIME!" You grin as you grab Vicky's arm and start towing her back where the others were gathered.

"Not agaaaaaain!" Vicky wails, this event all too familiar with her.

"Vicky! there you are!" Renown says happily as you bring the carrier to the tea table. "Where have you been?"

"Ah, well..." Vicky pauses.

"Where are the others?" Dorsie frowns. "I though Ark Royal was supposed to be with you?"

"About that..." Vicky looks at the ground nervously. "Apparently there were Abyssal sightings off the coast of South America so Ark Royal and Exeter left to investigate. So it's... er... just me here now."

"This wasn't part of the plan." Dorsie narrows her eyes. "What's the Admiralty thinking?"

"Hey, it's just one carrier, we can do fine with just Vicky, right?" Renown bobs up and down.

"It's still a little concerning..." Haida says with concern.

"Well, no helping it now!" Repulse shrugs. "Besides, it's just an escort job, right? It'll be easy!"

"Y-you just jinxed it!" Anna whimpers.

"Bloody hell, I just did, didn't I?" Repulse coughs.

"Er, wasn't this mission supposed to be time sensitive or something...?" Blys asks as she tries to get everybody back on the same page.

Goddamn, if it was the damn Pole being the voice of reason...

>Maybe we should wait for the others to get back.
>We should go check out those sightings.
>We can't waste any time.
>Other

>>1787742
>Maybe we should wait for the others to get back.

>>1787742
>>We can't waste any time.
Have to make do.

>>1787742
>We should go check out those sightings.

The sooner they are done, the sooner we can get to the critical mission.

>>1787742
>>Maybe we should wait for the others to get back.

>>1787742
>We should go check out those sightings.

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>>1787742
Well, looks like we got a tie so we'll have to roll it off!

1. Wait
2. Check

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>>1787770
"Well, I guess we can wait for them to come back." You shrug.

"We'd have to call the Admiral to delay the mission, then." Dorsie sighs. "We can't very well send Paz and Woel into the Dark Zone if we don't get the beacon set up."

"He's not going to be happy to hear that." Haida cautions.

"Well, I suppose it'll be bad if we venture out with the rest of the garrison deployed." Repulse shrugs.

"I hope it doesn't get dark before then..." Vicky sighs.

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>1787796
Fingers crossed again.

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>1787796

>>1787799
Geez, you're on fire.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>1787796

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>>1787799
Jeez, we got some serious high rollers tonight!

Would you like to bank that for a FATE POINT? You currently have 2!

>Y
>N

>>1787804
>Y

>>1787804
>>N

>>1787804
>Y

>>1787804
>>Y

>>1787796
N

>>1787804
>N

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>>1787804
>FATE POINT GAINED
>You now have 3 points!

Several more hours pass, and the sun starts to get perilously low in the sky when the other RN shipgirls finally return. In addition to Exeter, Achilles, and Ajax, you see a fourth shipgirl. The second carrier, you presume.

"Ark Royal?" Dorsie blinks in surprise. "They sent you down here?"

"Well, the weather is more agreeable for our planes down here." The British carrier smiles.

"I apologize for taking our leave without any sort of notice." Exeter says apologetically. "I know that you were expecting more support from us, which we didn't provide when needed."

"Hey, don't worry about it." You shrug. "Looks like we still got daylight left, right?"

"That's true." Exeter nods. "If we move quickly, we can have this done before it gets dark. The Abyssal tend to become more active and our aircraft become less effective."

"Perhaps we should just hold off until tomorrow." Haida frowns. "We're operating under a pretty tight time constraint now."

"C'mon, we've done plenty of missions in the dark!" Blys laughs and slaps her fellow destroyer on the back. "What's one more?"

>Better get moving while it's still light out.
>You can hold things off until tomorrow.
>Other

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>>1787840
>>You can hold things off until tomorrow.

>>1787840
>You can hold things off until tomorrow.

Unless someone brought a search light and star shells, night battles are terrible.

>>1787840
>Better get moving while it's still light out.

>>1787840
>You can hold things off until tomorrow.

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>>1787840
"I guess we can hold things off until tomorrow." You shrug. "No sense in rushing things."

"Well, it's a good thing we already arranged lodging for all of you!" Exeter smiles. "Though, it pains me to request this of our guests, but would there be any volunteers for night patrol? I only ask for a couple of hours of your time."

"You can't do it yourselves?" You raise an eyebrow.

"Truth be told, we're stretched rather thin at the moment, and most of our shipgirls are already out on assignment." Exeter admits.

"I suppose I can help out." Haida shrugs.

"Yessss!" Blys adds ins.

Of course the destroyers volunteer.

>Volunteer for night watch.
>You still need quite a bit of rest.
>Other

>>1787840
>Better get moving while it's still light out.
RNAS aircraft have *some* night combat ability -- c.f. Taranto.

>>1787860
>Volunteer for night watch.

>>1787860
>>You still need quite a bit of rest.

Hopefully less Datalink dreams.

>>1787860
>>Volunteer for night watch.

>>1787860
>Volunteer for night watch.
Better a radar-equipped destroyer than a repeat of Savo Island.

>>1787860
>Volunteer for night watch.
>>1787867
What do you think Anna's dreamworld is?

>>1787860
>>Volunteer for night watch.
YASEN???

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>>1787860
"Sure, why not." You shrug as you step forward. "Might as well help out, too."

"M-me too!" Anna steps forward alongside you.

"Anna?" You blink.

"It's going to be dark, so having two radars looking out instead of one will make a big difference!" Anna insists. "Besides, it's not like it's my first night patrol, either!"

You get the feeling that there's more to her reasoning, but you don't want to bring it up out here of all places.

>Let Anna come.
>Don't let her come.
>Ohter

>>1787878
>>Let Anna come.

Those are a lot of 78s

>>1787878
>Let Anna come.

>>1787860
>>Volunteer for night watch.

Defending at night is easier than attacking, and they do need the help.>>1787878
>>Let Anna come.

>>1787878
>>Let Anna come

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>>1787878
And, well, that's sort of how you ended up out in the middle of the south Atlantic, patrolling in a wide circle around the Falklands. Everywhere you looked was just pitch black, the sky and air just as dark and foreboding as the deep sea abyss below you.

Wasn't too bad, though. You at least had Haida, Blys, and Anna to keep you company, though none of you really talked much, instead focusing on your duties. Maybe it was your proximity to the Dark Zone, or maybe it was something the air, but something was putting you all on edge that none of you were in the particular mood to talk.

>Talk to Haida
>Talk to Blys
>Talk to Anna
>Focus on the job.
>Other

>>1787890
>Focus on the job.

>>1787890
>>Focus on the job.

>>1787890
>>Talk to Anna

>>1787890
>>Focus on the job.
Don't want to get jumped by Abyssals

>>1787890
>Talk to Blys

>>1787890
>>Focus on the job.

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>>1787890
You decide to focus on the job for now, and keep a close eye on both your radar and sonar reeturns. Could never be too careful with Abyssals around, after all.

>Roll 1d20+1

Rolled 19 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1787903
Rolling

Rolled 7 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1787903

Rolled 12 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>1787903

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>>1787903
You decide to keep your eye on your radar, and you're very glad you did. Like a rising tide, contacts begin showing up, emerging from the Dark Zone and depths like the nocturnal creatures of old.

"Everybody! We got incoming!" You yell

"I'm sending warning to the base!" Anna announces.

"What do we have?" Haida asks.

"Ugh." You frown as you try to concentrate. You could see a relatively large fleet coming your way. Destroyers, cruisers, battleships, the whole shebang. There were also a number of Abyssal combat forms you didn't immediately recognize. But your radar was giving you all sorts of weird, conflicting information about them. Couldn't pin down their exact size of armament.

Some kind of support Abyssal? You weren't sure.

"We should fall back." Haida suggests.

"If we run now, there's nothing stopping these guys from just rolling into the Falklands!" Blys points out. "We gotta fight 'em until the big guns arrive!"

"They're scrambling! We should expect reinforcements soon!" Anna announces.

>You need to fall back to the naval base.
>Stand your ground and delay the advance.
>Other

>>1787914
>>Stand your ground and delay the advance.

>>1787914
>Other
Spoiling attack. Torpedo charge *now* to throw them off balance.

>>1787914
>>Stand your ground and delay the advance.

>>1787914
>>Other

Going with this.
>>1787919

>>1787914
Supporting >>1787919

>>1787914
>Stand your ground and delay the advance.

One problem with trying a torpedo attack: there's only ten tubes between Haida and Blys, and they aren't the long range kind. We gave up our tubes for missiles, remember?

>>1787930

So use our missiles to decoy them on to a track following just Hoel, while the rest set up for a night time torpedo and gun attack coordinated between Hoel and Anne via uplink.

>>1787930
"Victory consists not in the number killed, but in the number frightened." -- Arab proverb.

>>1787914
>Stand your ground and delay the advance.

>>1787933
>the rest set up for a night time torpedo and gun attack coordinated between Hoel and Anne via uplink.
Haida and Blys don't have datalinks.

>>1787934
The Abyssals are mostly grunt units controlled by a hivemind. How do they feel fear?

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>>1787914
Well, there was no choice. You'd have to stand your ground, or at least go for a fighting retreat. The last thing you needed was to leave the way to the Falklands naval base completely wide open for them to sail straight through.

Already you could see Haida and Blys release a spread of torpedoes and draw their weapons. Haida her cannons and knife while Blys clutched her trusty lance.

"T-they're coming!" Anna warns, her antenna fully deployed and straight.

You had half a mind to send Anna back right now, make a run for the relative safety of the base. But it was a bad idea to split up the group, especially with the enemy so close...

>Send Anna back.
>Keep Anna close.
>Other

>>1787941
>Send Anna back.

She's too valuable to lose.

>>1787941
>>Keep Anna close.

Might want to consider tossing her a spare gun in either choice.

>>1787941
>Keep Anna close.

>>1787941
>Keep Anna close.

Maybe give her our bat. This is going to be a hell of a fight.

>>1787941
>>Send Anna back.

She's not meant for close combat like this, and doesn't have many guns.

Have her link up with the reinforcements and direct them back to us.

>>1787941
>Send Anna back.

>>1787940
By breaking the hivemind's OODA loop. Confusion is but a step on the journey to panicked rout.

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>>1787941
Welp, another tie...

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>>1787952
"Stick close to us, Anna." You caution her as you take aim with your own cannons. Whatever was going to happen, you were at least going to put up a fight!

>Roll 1d20

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>1787953

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>1787953

>>1787953
Dice Gods!

Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>1787952

Fingers crossed once more.

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>>1787953
You fire off your cannons, matching Haida and Blys' attacks. The darkness is lit by muzzle flashes and tracers and shells zipped out, landing among the approaching Abyssal force. You're almost instantly rewarded with the sight of explosions and fires from direct hits.

"Haha! Yeah!" You whoop. "Eat that you damn-"

However, your bravado is cut short when you hear Anna scream.

"Anna?" Your heart stops as you whip around. "ANNA!"

>And that's it for tonight! As always, next thread is next week! And don't forget Frontier Knight on Saturday!

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>>1787967
See you next time, Boss!

>>1787967
Thanks for running Merc!

You sure know how to leave us on a cliffhanger.

>>1787975
RIP Anna

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>>1787967
Also an amusing little thing Mudhen did when Ark Royal came out!

>>1788518
I can't figure out whether if Vicky is either like RJ or Turkey, forever getting shade from the older fleet carriers