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"radio chatter from outside the conversation"
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Prologue:
POV- Arthur Ebersol
It was a calm day over the ocean near the coast of Dellhaven with scattered clouds covered the sky as two mirage F1 fighters tore through the sky on routine patrol. In the lead plane sat Colonel Arthur Ebersol commander of the 901st marine division. In the second fighter sat the colonel's childhood friend captain Jack spade, also from the 901st.
Jacks voice comes over the radio as we fly at 10,000ft in the air. "Sir, with all due respect aren't you supposed to be flying a desk?"
I smile as Jack is a Kitsune like myself and we have been in the marines since before the great war. "Capt., You know as well as I do that I can't sit and watch my men go into battle without me. It's boring as hell."
"True, but why are you out here with me?"
"It's your birthday today Jack, I thought you would like to at least spend the patrol you have today with an old friend?"
"I do sir, and old friend indeed." I hear jack start laughing at the joke seeing as I'm 734 years old I guess he's right. But I can't let him have all the fun.
"You are almost as old as I am Jack. You aren't trying to insult your commanding officer are you jack?" I hear Jack choke on his laughing.
"N-no sir, I meant no disrespect. You're not going to reprimand me, are you?" His reply was hilarious and I started laughing. As Jack heard me start to laugh he realized it was a joke and we were both laughing for a good minute. Then my radar pinged as an unknown contact popped up on radar. I let a small curse escape my lips as I opened the radio.
"Sorry Jack I think that birthday party with your wife is going to be delayed."
"It's ok Arthur I know that our duty always comes first." He replied. Giving a nod to jack I switched over the radio to report to base.
"This is firebird one to nest, come in nest." I called into the radio.
"This is nest, what is it firebird one?" replied the voice from the coms operator aboard the cruiser Saber. Saber is the ship we were linked with during our patrol.
"I have a large contact on radar 75 clicks offshore from mainland and is closing, permission to investigate?"
"This is nest you are to gain visual contact and wait for reinforcements if necessary. We have already altered our heading to your location we will be there in 20 minutes."
"Roger that nest, firebirds one and two moving to acquire visual contact." After ending the report, we swung east and started to make our way to this unknown contact.
Jack spoke up once we began on our new heading to intercept the unknown contact. "Sir, what do you think it is? Grimm?"
I sign and reply to him. "Honestly I don't know. But I do have a bad feeling about this."
We had no idea the implications of what was about to happen. History in the making and we had front row seats. Our world as everyone knew it would change forever.
POV- General Ironwood
I sat in the captain's chair aboard the Atlas warship silver as we made our way to an unknown land mass southwest of Mistral. An entire continent and we haven't explored it yet? As I was just beginning to relax a call over the CCT came through. I answered and an image of Ozpin at his desk appeared on the screen.
"General, why is it just now we discover a new continent? And why did I just hear that Atlas dispatched a warship to go there?" His look was calm as ever but I could tell he was anything but happy.
"I am aboard the warship silver and personally heading there as we speak." I calmly replied hopeful that it will ease his worry.
"Unfortunately, that might make this worse."
"why would that be?" Now I was starting to worry myself. Why would me leading this personally be bad?
"Because all four kingdoms are on the line and wish to observe this over live feed."
"I see, well put them through. We shouldn't keep them waiting." At that the screen split and many shrouded figures appeared. The council never show their faces to help protect their identities for security purposes. One then spoke up.
"General, why are you on?"
"I am personally leading this endeavor to map this new land. May I ask why we haven't learned of this land sooner?"
"Due to the Great war and the Grimm at our door for the past 200 years we have not the time for exploration of new territory as we feared it would lead to another Mountain Glen or worse, another great war over the land." He replied and he also received affirmations from many of the other councilmen.
"I see, I understand but the land could be shared and we may find new dust mines to help in the fight against the Grimm. Also, the white fang could have this island and use it as a new area to make a new nation and wage war on the other kingdoms."
"True but I doubt that. But the opportunity to help our fight against the Grimm is what we need. We are twenty-five miles from landfall as we speak. As soon as w-" I was going to further my point but, the radar operator cut the conversation short.
"Two contacts south-west of us and closing fast! And they are not Grimm."
I snapped to the radar and confirmed he was right and gave orders out quickly "all hands prepare for combat and try to hail them."
"General what is going on?" ask the council.
"I wish I knew councilman, I wish I knew."
POV- Third person
As the two fighters closed on the Atlas warship Arthur radioed the Saber. "This is firebird one to nest we are entering visual range, attempting to make contact."
"This is nest copy that, has the target altered course?" The Atlas warship is now less than 25 miles from the shores of Dellhaven and showed no signs of turning around.
"Negative on that nest, inform that we believe that the four kingdoms have found Dellhaven, the makings show it's an Atlas warship. Looks like we can no longer hide in the shadows." Arthur grimly informs as the warship comes onto view.
"Understood firebird one we already informed the congress. Be careful we are still 10 minutes out." As that conversation was going on a very different one was going on aboard the Silver.
"Do you have visual? And are they responding to hails?" asked Ironwood.
"We now have visual but they are not responding. They look military and have insignias but I don't recognize them." Came the reply from one of the men on the bridge.
"launch the drones to intercept but don't fire we don't know who they are or if they are hostile." A "yes, Sir." Was the only reply as three atlesian drones detached from the Silver and moved to intercept the two Bluegrass fighters.
"Unknown warship you are entering Dellian (those from Dellhaven are also called Dellian's) sovereign airspace please identify yourselves immediately or alter course." Arthur gave the call several times before he gave up. And signaled Jack to be ready for a fight. They began to approach till they saw three fighters detach from the unknown warship and make to intercept them.
"Shit, break, break this is firebird one they launched fighters we are bugging out. I repeat we have enemy fighters and are bugging out." Arthur yelled into the radio as yanked the controls and made a 180 to head back to the Saber.
"Sir, the planes are turning around, your orders?" Came the report from one of the Atlas soldiers. "Order them to engage they are probably white fang and we can't take the risk of them getting away." The general replied.
"general what do you think you are doing we don't know if they are white fang we can't open fire on them without proper cause." Came the frantic voice of the council.
"I have good reason to believe that they are white fang and who is out here with military grade equipment that we know of?" Came the generals retort. At this the council remained silent. The Atlas fighters then engaged the two piolets who were trying to make a run for it.
"Fuck they have lock!" Jack was franticly trying to lose the two who were on his tail, but they wouldn't budge.
"hold on Jack we are almost there! Don't give up on me now." The Saber was only a minute away and if they could get close enough the Saber could knock the fighters off their tail.
"Missile launch, deploying flares!" Jacks plane make a sharp right and flares fly from his craft I an attempt to make the missile miss its target. Unfortunately, the missile stay true and continues towards Jacks aircraft.
"Jack! Bail, Bail."
"Sorry sir, it looks like this is my last flight, it was an honor serving with you." Just then the missile slammed into Jack's plane and it erupts into a fireball as it falls from the sky.
"The honor was mine Jack; the honor was all mine." With tear filled eyes he gets on the radio as the three fighters close in for the kill. "This is firebird one, firebird two is down I repeat firebird two is down, no joy on shoot. I say again no joy on shoot. The contacts are hostile I say again the contacts are hostile."
Over the radio a somber voice replied. "Copy that firebird one. We are in range now engaging enemy fighters." As that was said the Saber broke through a cloud and opened on the fighters downing them instantly with its AA guns.
Shortly before Jack's plane was shot down, aboard the Silver. "Sir, I'm picking up something on the old radio's that were mainly used before the CCT." This intrigued the general. 'maybe this is how the white fang communicated without using the CCT.' He had only one way to find out.
"Put on so we can hear it."
"Right away sir." Then came the sound of static then a clear audio cut through the bridge. "Missile launch, deploying flares!" 'thay sounds more like military than a terrorist's thought Ironwood. "Jack! Bail, Bail" "Sorry sir, it looks like this is my last flight, it was an honor serving with you." Then the general watched as one of the fighters go down in a flaming wreck. 'Oh god! They aren't white fang!' "The honor was mine Jack; the honor was all mine."
"Sir large contact inbound!" It was then the Saber joined the fray and swatted the drones from the sky. Then radio came back to life as a hail from the new warship approached with all weapons armed.
"This is the Blue Navy Cruiser Saber to unidentified hostile warship you are to stand down and surrender or we will be forced to shoot you down you have 2 minutes to comply." At this the general had to act quickly.
"Open a channel to the Saber." He waited a moment and the radioman gave him a nod telling him he was good. "This is General Ironwood of the Atlas military I am having my men stand down as requested may I speak with your commanding officer?" Then a voice came over the radio that sounded like the other piolet that retreated to the ship.
"This is Colonel Ebersol of the Dellian marine core. I'm afraid general that you and your men are now prisoners of war, have your ship stick with us as we escort you to the nearest landing zone where you and your men will disembark your ship and will be interned in accordance with the treatment of POW's stated in the treaty of the Great war."
"What are you talking about? We are not at war. Why are you doing this?" The general was growing more and more concerned by the second.
"I regret to inform you that by invading Dellhaven's sovereign airspace and recklessly attacked one of our planes and killed one of my men. The congress has just sent out a declaration of war against the Kingdom of Atlas." At this the general froze. He has just unknowingly started a war with an unknown kingdom. And all the other kingdoms councils witnessed it over the CCT. It was then that the council of Atlas decided to speak up.
"Colonel, this is the council of Atlas. Is there any way we can avoid this war?" At this there was some static and some unrecognizable conversation, then the colonel spoke again with great irritation in his voice.
"I have our congress one another channel to speak with you in privet, I will speak with your general about a way to repay the death of one of my men. As well as to bring him up to speed of our kingdom."
The council replied, "that seams fare, we shall speak with your congress now." At this they cut out and the colonel began to brief general Ironwood and Ozpin on the kingdom of Dellhaven as well as explain his race known as the Kitsune. After a good four hours of explaining. "…And that should be about it. Any questions general?" Arthur asked.
"No, you did a good job explaining everything it's just a lot to take in." As the general sat back in his chair trying to prosses all this new info.
"what about you Professor?"
Ozpin took a sip of his coffee before speaking "I am very curious to ask two things, first as you mentioned that you are a Kitsune, may I how old are you?"
"Normally we don't give out our age to anyone but if you must know I am 734 years old. My birthday was last month actually." At this Ozpins eyebrow rose as he could hardly imagine living that long. And Ironwood nearly fell out of his chair in shock.
"734 years! That means you were alive long before the great war!" Came the generals voice after recovering from shock.
"Yes, I also fought in the war as well as my men, the 901st marines were a volunteer force sent to help vale. I was only a captain then and we were under the guise of a group of mercenaries known as the invisible nine."
The general spoke up again this time with concern "wait like the invisible nine that fought in almost every major battle of the last five years of the war, the same group known to be some of the best soldiers of the war?"
"Yes, that was us, we did what we thought was right and we fought hard. We are marines after all, death before dishonor. Anything else?" at this point Arthur thought the general was going to have a stroke.
"No I think that's it for me." Came the generals tired reply.
Ozpin then decided to ask his final question. "One more question. When you said that all Kitsune are female why do you sound and refer to yourself as male?"
"Well like I said we can shapeshift and in doing so we take on that form and for all intents and purposes we are that form. So technically I'm a girl but now I'm in a male form so I'm a guy. Does that help at all?"
Thinking for a moment Ozpin replies "yes actually that makes more sense now but I would have to see to understand better."
"It's understandable that your confused about this, so its ok." Before anything else could happen, the council and congress appeared on the CCT and radio respectively.
"We have come to an agreement." Stated a voice from the congress. "We will work with the Atlas military in helping against the Grimm. The territory of Atlas, Mistral, and Vacuo will be under the Atlas militaries domain. While the territories of Dellhaven, Vale and Menagerie will be under our military. Also to prevent conflict, ranks are to be respected across both militaries but will not hold authority unless in a joint opperation. Vale will receive 3 divisions from the army as well as a few of our warships, the Saber included. And Ozpin, we are loaning the 901st marines to you, they are yours to command and do whatever you wish under the rules and regulations stated by your council. Further details will be released to the press and mailed to you if you wish. Any Questions?"
Colonel Ebersol spoke up, "sir, when is this to take affect?"
"Immediately, your men have been sent the new orders and are prepping to move as we speak. Is that going to be a problem?" came his response.
"No sir, just wanted clarification." He then turned his attention to the head master of beacon. "I am putting my trust in you and the lives of my men in your hands sir."
"I will do my best to keep them safe colonel and I hope we can work together well."
"As do I sir, as do I."