Ratsel and problems
French Navy Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle
21 June 2018, 11H42, Mediterranean sea
The rain begins to fall while the 2nd NATO fleet continues its route towards the west, the last pilots and magicians have landed on the aircraft carriers of their respective nations before the storm makes any landing difficult or impossible, while on board the CDG in a room of the ship the debriefing occurs in the presence of the Longsword unit, the Rapier unit, except for Anaïs who is at the ship's psychologist's, a recommended passage after a first mission, and the professor is of course present, as well as Martin, the commander of the ship and the general via video conference.
After recounting how he was captured and explaining what he had done and the conditions of his detention, General Lapointe asked, pointing to the artifact beside him."Well now that we've heard your story, can you explain what this thing is?"
"I would like to know too, this stone still intrigues me."Adds Dimitri while looking at the stone shining in the aquatic liquid.
Getting out and turning on his laptop he replies."Very well, I'm going to tell you everything I know about it, what you're going to see will surely surprise you as it did me the first time I saw what I'm going to show you"He says, selecting photos and documents and displaying an excavation site somewhere in the Libyan desert.
"In 2008 during work to identify and exploit oil resources workers came across a large abandoned Wehrmacht base."The photo shows a large opening with its door ripped open by an explosion hidden in the sand dunes.
"That's weird, it looks like the front gate was destroyed from the inside."Dimitri remarks.
"Probably an accident or sabotage from the inside? "Henri adds.
"This is what prompted the curiosity of the military and the inspectors who were sent to the site, when we went inside and managed to turn the power back on, we found this."The following photos show several destroyed vehicles and equipment and the skeletal remains of soldiers, on the photos the base has suffered damage where several holes and bullet holes are present everywhere but some of the bodies seem to present strange anomalies.
"But what could have happened, they were attacked, they killed each other?"Ask the admiral.
"Maybe internal sabotage or an action of the LRDG, they were very active it seems during the conflict in North Africa" Suggests Jean.
Ayoub answer."That's what we thought too but what we discovered later showed us that no, during the search we found this tiger tank."A tiger with its destroyed turret displaying the AfrikaKorps emblem is shown, however it is painted black and appears to have hexagonal shaped lines.
"It is really not an ordinary color, level of discretion I have already seen better. "Observes Eva surprised by the choice of the camouflage.
"And it's what's in the engine compartment that will surprise you... "Says El soulef, on top of the Maybach HL 210 P45 is an installation in addition and inside the famous artifact, lifeless.
"But it is..."Begins to say the admiral.
"Yes it is indeed the same stone that you have in front of you."He says while pointing to this one in his tube then resumes."According to documents found it would have been discovered in 1939 during the invasion of Poland, they named it Ratsel."
"Ratsel?"Everyone say.
"It means mystery in German, which is exactly what it is, and to continue I think this video tape that we found in one of the offices will interest you..."He says by activating the player, shaky images and a date appear.
10 October 1942,
Shwarzer ritter projekt
Libyan desert
The film shows the outside of the base to what appears to be a test area, vehicles going in and out of the base and many soldiers patrolling the area, a group of Wehrmacht officers, some SS and several scientists chatting under the protection of several German soldiers, wizards and witches."I hope for you that the marks invested in this project will pay off gentlemen, the Furher has placed a lot of hope in this project and expects good results."Said in a firm voice one of the officers being identified as a General.
"Yes you can be sure, with what you are going to see the allies will have no chance against these new weapons!"Said one of the scientists.
"I hope so for you, because if the project fails your next assignment may well be the maintenance of our tanks in Stalingrad!"An SS officer said in a sadistic tone.
The scientist is startled at his words and then adds."Don't worry, everything is going to be fine...Very well, get the tiger out!" Says the scientist, the metal doors of the base open and the tank seen on the photos appears arriving in the test area and facing three different tanks, two captured allied tanks, a M3 Lee and a Matilda and another tiger tank.
"A tiger, um apart from what seems to be a modification to the engine, and that it is painted black I do not see much difference. "Said one of the officer skeptical.
"Wait for the next part it'll surprise you, activate the Ratsel."Said the scientist.
"Activation of the ratsel completed." Said one of the technicians, at that moment the tank is adorned with black and red hexagonal shape located on the turret and on the sides and the barrel of the tank, surprising the audience.
"What is that?" Said one of the officers surprised.
"The crew reports that everything is good on board, they are ready to start."The radio operator reports.
"Very well, have them start with the allied tanks and finish with the tiger with the special weapon."Said the chief scientist, the crew in the tank wearing special outfits that protect them from the harmful effects of the ratsel are preparing."We have the green light we can start, get the gun ready!"Orders the tank commander, the loader obeyed inserting an AP shell into the 88mm gun, said."AP shell loaded Kommandant."
"Feuer!"
The two tanks are easily eliminated by the anti-tank shells, but at the moment of destroying the Tiger one of the technicians activates the special weapon."And now you're going to see what makes it possible for us to win this war."Says the confident scientist, when the tank was about to fire a reddish glow appears at the end of the gun and lets escape a red laser beam that seems to cross the targeted tank leaving it intact ... before it explodes, surprising the spectators present scientists and soldiers alike."And it's not over, Major Heirsh, it's your turn."
At that moment a PanzerIV appears and shoots at the tiger, thanks to its thick armor and the modification of the ratsel this one is only damaged before in a way inexplicable for the officers this last one regenerates after a few moments making disappear the damage sustained.
"Incredible, the damages are gone!"
"What a destructive power, and this ability to repair itself!"
"It's amazing... and terrifying, if even one of our tanks didn't hold up, it means that Montgomery's 8th Army will be over in a matter of time with this weapon."Said an enthusiastic colonel, which only brought smiles to the faces of the scientists and officers who were satisfied with the demonstration, except for Erwin Rommel.
He says critically with arms crossed "Indeed this weapon will give us the advantage, as long as we have enough of them and before the allies find countermeasures."This makes the smiles disappear. "Because I assume that we only have a limited number of them..."
"Yes, indeed, we have very little of it..."Admits the scientist."But we are confident that we will be able to synthesize them and make copies, although less powerful but more available, within two to three years."
"If the allies haven't driven us out of Africa." Whispers one of the officers.
"And against the possessors of magic, is this weapon effective? "Asks another one who is a former wizard.
The head scientist answers a little nervously."Well we did some testing with volunteers... yes by continuously firing on the shields these can fall, but if the host vehicle receives too much continuous damage the ratsel becomes inactive and if the ratsel is destroyed the host vehicle returns to its normal state."
"In short, as many advantages as disadvantages... "Seems to conclude the desert fox.
"I, like my esteemed colleagues, have faced the allies many times and what I can tell you is that the allies rarely send a wizard to operate alone. "Says a major.
"However, the allies have not yet had to deal with this weapon, its deployment, even if limited, could cause panic among their troops and could finally allow us to eliminate this obstacle which is El-alamein", said General George Stumme, suddenly, without the crew of the tank doing anything, the tank started to move alone."But what happens? "Asks one of the officers.
" Scheiße, it's happening again, turn off the device quickly!"What the technician does at the moment when the video stops at the request of the scientists.
The people present in the briefing room did not say anything since the demonstration of the capacities of the Ratsel, too amazed by the spectacle offered by the film, finally Dimitri gets up suddenly from his chair with a kind of amused and surprised smile."Okay well, I can say that I've seen some things in my life that are out of the ordinary but this...this...this is even more aberrant than the latest fast and furious movie, because I never seen a weapon like this except in star wars!"
"I think I will need a good glass of whiskey, after seeing such things...laser seriously?" Said Jean.
"I agree with De Vercor, the most powerful lasers are just capable of destroying a drone, and still when it is not moving fast and I believe that only our colleagues of the us navy has it and just in prototype." Said the admiral.
"I know it sounds incredible but everything you have seen is true, even I needed some time to accept what I saw."Ayoub respond.
"Given that the Nazis were driven out of Africa a year later, it means that they finally did not deploy their weapon and failed to produce another one." Notes Henri, which El Soulef confirms.
From the beginning the general said nothing and just added."You seem to know the outcome of the story professor, can you enlighten us?"He asks before passing some calls, El soulef answers by the affirmative then launches a second video another film taking place a few days after the demonstration begins, the same tank undergoes other tests when suddenly the console of command of the ratsel goes crazy and the artifact seems to become autonomous, the scientist is killed by a laser blast while the soldiers try desperately to stop the Tank which has become uncontrollable.
"Merde, it looks like their weapon has finally turned against them. "Said Dimitri with a smirk.
"Karma no doubt..." Said Eva.
The camera fell to the ground and continued filming, after almost eliminating everyone the tank opened fire on the gate of the base, however before it could get out it was put out of action by three consecutive shots without having time to regenerate, a few moments later a witch and several soldiers under the orders of Rommel arrived in reinforcement to secure the base, the Witch is identified as Charlotte Luder using a Tiger land striker unit, and then short of tape the film stops.
"And that's all we found, we suppose that afterwards the project was totally abandoned just like the Ratsel and that the base was then sealed by pouring sand so that no one would find it, until recently and afterwards the base was definitely destroyed by order of Gaddafi so that the foreign secret services could not find anything interesting."The professor concludes his explanation.
"It looks like another one of Herr Hitler's crazy super projects for world domination has failed." Says Henri.
"It's a good thing they didn't succeed or we might still be under the Nazi boot..." Joked Jean.
"Tsh, even with that and as this witch has demonstrated, we could have defeated them!" Said the young British woman.
"Well I just spoke to members of the government about the artifact, you probably don't know this because it's classified but it's not the first time we've come across this sort of thing, please look at this."Said La Pointe while transferring several documents classified by NATO and others recovered from the Russians, surprising everyone including the admiral who was not aware of this.
"During World War II, when the OSS became aware of what the Germans were doing, they managed to find similar artifacts in the Black Sea region, as did the SOE in the Balkans, which were brought back to the US for examination."
"They probably figured if the Germans could make weapons from it, why not them?"Ayoub said.
The General nod and resume."Yes, but just as with the Germans, not everything went according to plan. In 1943, one of the Ratsel suffered an overload and destroyed a laboratory, killing or injuring several scientists, such as Albert Einstein, who survived; however, his Japanese colleague, Ichiro Miyafuji (1), a defector like him, was not so lucky, and after this fiasco, they preferred to concentrate on the Manhattan Project."
"Didn't they try to resume the test after the war?"Asks Dimitri.
"Yes, like putting a Ratsel inside a converted P80 Shooting Star, but it crashed near a well-known town in Nevada in 1947... "
"1947, Nevada, some conspiracy theorists would be delighted to learn that and to know that they are partly right about the alien thing!" Eva adds.
"There were also other incidents of this kind especially with the Soviets, the K-129 was equipped with ratsel to make it more resistant and allow it to go into deeper water, it disappeared on March 8, 1968 following a malfunction on board, they also tried to use it for a more noble purpose to operate nuclear power plants with less risk in the city of Chernobyl, no need to tell you how it ended ... "
"So to sum up as Rommel said, this artifact has as many advantages as disadvantages, fortunately for all of us that Gaddafi did not try to make it a weapon..." Said Jennifer.
"He had at that time still no idea of its true value, scientists aware of the danger had voluntarily hidden this information to him and then in 2011 he had more important problems to deal with."El Soulef answers. "Problems that unfortunately still persist..."He adds with a sigh.
Dimitri says nothing for a moment and adds, "So what should we do about the...Ratsel my general?"
"When time permits a helicopter will come to retrieve the artifact to place it in a safe place and after study and analysis it will be destroyed, at the Elysee it is considered too dangerous to conduct too many experiments on it."He answer to the delight of Ayoub about the Ratsel fate.
"The CDG has a place where dangerous things can be placed safely, I will ask my sailors to take care of it."Proposes the admiral, shortly after the artifact is placed in a metal box before being stored in a secure room.
"Well I think we're done with all that... "Says Henri while stretching but Dimitri interrupts him and asks the general. "Tell me my general when you sent us on this rescue mission, did you know about the artifact?"
The general sighs before answering: "We weren't sure if it was there, but if it was, we had to get our hands on it before Isis did anything with it.
"That means I wasn't really a priority..." Says an apparently disappointed El Soulef.
"So you're telling me that saving the professor was just the tip of the iceberg and that I risked my life and the lives of my guys for some stupid artifact!" Says Dimitri who gets angry.
"Hey ho calm down buddy!" says Jean who tries to calm him down.
"Dimitri..."Says Eva worried by his reaction.
"Listen Captain, you are angry and I understand it perfectly, but you should know that even if we had been certain of the presence of the Ratsel, the main objective remained the rescue of this man, although the recovery of the object was crucial, if it had been destroyed in the explosion it would have been enough."Answers the general annoyed too, the captain begins to calm down."And I think you and your guys need some rest after this mission relax a bit, we'll have plenty of time to talk about it when you get back, as for you professor our government has repatriated your family to France, you'll be able to reunite with them shortly."
"Thank you general I look forward to seeing them again."He said eager to return to them.
"Of course everything you have seen and heard must remain secret and must not leave this room, the world is already quite dangerous as it is, no need to add even more with artifacts capable of causing so much damage, well as Henry says I think we're done with this story, enjoy your stay on board, La pointe over."Finishes the general who ends the communication, greeted by everyone.
"Of course you are our guest professor, I asked for a cabin to be prepared for you, just like for all of you."Says the commander of the CDG, the professor and the others thank him.
"We're going to stay on board for a while until the storm calms down before returning to the Queen Elizabeth, you owe us a drink just to remember you De Vercor!" Said Henry to loosen the situation.
"I did not forget, we pick up Anaïs and we go there, professor you want to join us?"
This one declines politely. "It is nice of you but I am going to refuse, all these events tired me and I want to go to rest in a real bed without having to fear for my life."He says.
"I understand, have a good rest professor!" answers Dimitri, everyone leaves the room, the professor is guided by one of the sailors to his cabin, the commander returns to the bridge of the aircraft carrier and Dimitri and his group go to the bar to celebrate their successful mission, in the corridors of the ship they find Anaïs coming out of her session.
"Anaïs, we were just going to look for you, so how did this session go?"Asks her boss.
Anaïs looks for her words and answers:"It went pretty well, I told her how the mission went and what I had to do" she says more embarrassed.
Eva comforts her by taking her in her arms to reassure her. "Don't worry, it's going to be fine, and if you need to talk, the therapist or even us, we're here to listen.
"Eva is right friends are made for that, besides it's been a long time since I went to the psychologist, it might do me some good." Dimitri said.
"And you the debriefing how did it go? "She asks then.
"Well, it was...particularly interesting in the end, we learned things I would have preferred not to know, but since you didn't participate I'm afraid I can't say more princess, sorry."Dimitri apologizes, to which she replies with a smile."I assume of course that it has nothing to do with what we picked up in the professor's lab."
"I can neither affirm nor deny my little one."He answers amused, he knows that in the end she knows the answer but she will not seek to know more, the group goes afterwards to the bar of the ship which is just next to the mess, the bar is not really big or small but well enough so that everyone can sit around the counter, taking place on the big stool the bartender comes towards them.
"So kids, I hear your mission was a success?"Ask Fabien Lambert the bartender with gray hair aged about 40 years of a warm voice, behind him on shelves various drinks, alcoholic or not including champagne (for special occasions) or wine are visible.
"Yep and that's why I invited our English friends to have a drink with us!"
"Well then, welcome aboard the only nuclear aircraft carrier in Europe and the best bar in the fleet! So what kind of drinks it'll be for you kids?"
"I'm going to be of age in 5 months and since magic possessors have a better resistance to alcohol and we can drink it earlier(2) than the legal age, it will be a Leffe for me and I'll take responsibility it for my boys and girls."
"A Heineken for me."Ask Jean.
"I'll just have a Pepsi for me I prefer. "Said Eva.
"I want a beer like Jean!"Said an excited Anaïs, raising her hand.
"Sorry but you're still too young for that Princess, take like Eva instead."The barman said.
"Okay, but I'd rather have a lemonade."She respond.
"And for me and my teammate an iced tea if possible."Ask for Henri who, unlike Dimitri, will only come of age in 6 months.
"So two alcoholic and four non-alcoholic drinks are on the way!"He says while preparing the drinks, after having drunk the time of meal comes and they go to the mess of the ship situated just next, while Dimitri eats his spaghetti those land on his nose what makes his companions laugh, wiping his face he answers annoyed."It's not my fault, it's this damn storm!"
"It's true that it doesn't seem to want to calm down... "Said Anais while drinking a glass of water.
"According to the weather guys, we'll be out of the storm in two hours!"Said a sailor who passed by them, Anais thanked him and asked Dimitri."And the professor, didn't he want to eat?"
"He wanted to rest but the commander probably asked that a meal be brought to him just in case."Dimitri answers, all continue to eat and discuss quietly while the raging waves continue to shake the ship of 42500 tons of diplomacy, however in one of the secure rooms of the ship where the artifact is located a damaged strap breaks and the metal box containing the artifact that comes out falls and the Plexiglas container shatters on impact when another box falls on it, In the open air, the Ratsel seems to regain its power and starts to emit small arcs of red light that run through the ship's electrical cables causing power surges and blackouts...
During this time in his cabin, not being able to rest because of the sea movements, the professor ate the meal brought by one of the sailors on board, then he decided to examine his research on his laptop computer going through the files one after the other to make sure that nothing is missing and rereading some notes provided by Lapointe when one of them attracts his attention"...and in the open air in the presence of nearby radioactive material even at radiation levels harmless to humans the ratsel has the ability to restore its full energy potential very quickly...Oh no!"He said to himself while reading this report when he remembered that the CDG is nuclear powered! At that moment, a small red electric arc flashes in the neon lights of his cabin followed by the ship's alarm. Panicked, he leaves his cabin to go and look for help, walking through the corridors of the ship when he comes across Dimitri and his friends who are wondering what is going on.
"It is the Ratsel, I do not know how it happened but it has been exposed, you know where it is?" Asks panicked this one to Dimitri.
The admiral, who was there looking for him answers."In the secured zone, follow me! In a hurry, the professor, the commander and the two teams go to the place where the ratsel is, when one of the sailors equipped with a gas mask comes against them.
"But what's going on here?"Asks the admiral.
"An unknown agent is spreading on the ship sir, we don't know if it's toxic but we're getting the area evacuated and sealed off!"Major Maxime Sabatier, in charge of the marine firefighters on board, answers while a kind of black particle mist appears, seeming to paint the walls and the ground.
"It must be the ratsel, we have to go and check it out!" said Dimitri.
"Negative, it's too dangerous, let the decontamination teams do their job!"Maxime respond.
"No, we have to go and see, if the ratsel does to your ship what it did to what we saw, you're aircraft carrier will be lost!"Urgently asks the Libyan scientist.
"Very well, Major please give equipment for the professor, myself and Dimitri, the others you stay here!"Orders Martin, the major nods and provides them with NBC Suit, then move towards where the artifact is, they arrive in front of the room, opening the heavy metal door they discover she is illuminated with a red glow and the Ratsel floating in the air turning on itself.
"Wow, you don't see that kind of thing every day..."Said the admiral.
"Is it me or does he look bigger than before and what's with this nightclub atmosphere?"Dimitri notes when he sees that the ratsel has doubled in size and spins like a disco ball.
"The ratsel is in full action, it uses the radioactive particles in the air to regenerate, they are not dangerous for humans but it is enough to restore its energy more quickly. "Explains El Soulef.
"And the reactor is not very far away, which makes it easier for him."Adds Dimitri.
"Energy it uses to parasite my ship... can we stop this thing? "Asks Martin.
"It is possible by exerting enough force against it to drain its energy we can render it inactive or even completely destroy it and the ship will return to its normal state as we saw in the video. "He answers in the affirmative.
"Do you think a simple pistol would do? "Dimitri asks as he pulls out his Glock17, aiming it at the ratsel. "With your permission of course admiral."
"We can always try, and if we don't do anything the ship will be lost, proceed De vercor, professor take cover."Said Martin.
"Alright cover your ears everyone!"Activating his familiar and his shield and once the two men are safe he opens fire several times but to his surprise the bullets bounce off a kind of red shield similar to his own with unknown features before falling to the ground or ending up embedded in the walls, at the same time a kind of scream seems to come from the Ratsel.
"What the hell was that scream? "Said a surprised Dimitri while he lowering his weapon."Damn Ratsel, it would take something bigger like an assault rifle or even a rocket launcher to take him down!"
"That's the first time I've ever heard a sound like that!"Said the professor.
"Me too and this crap is still intact!" The admiral gets angry and hits the metal wall in annoyance."If we can' t achieve anything I'll have no choice but to order the abandonment of the ship...I'll ask for more powerful weapons."
"Forget it Admiral I have not said my last word, if I remember correctly magic can overcome it right, so in this case... "Says the captain while seizing a fire axe hung on the wall, he loads this one in magic before moving towards the ratsel which seems to absorb even more energy.
"Dimitri but what are you doing? "Asks the worried admiral.
"Something stupid or desperate, take this you so of a..."Dimitri screams while jumping on the ratsel and giving a strike with his axe, at first the blade seems to be stopped by the red shield but the charged magic seems to create frictions and red and blue sparks, The Frenchman concentrates all his forces when he succeeds in piercing the shield and in hitting the Ratsel in the heart, if one can say so. The Ratsel emits again a cry before disappearing in a thousand white splinters and creates a kind of pillar of red light which crosses without damaging the ship towards the sky and a shock wave which propels the captain in the corridor."Arhg damn my back twice in the same day.."
At the same time, aboard the Roosevelt, US Navy Vice Admiral Patrick Campbell was following the situation of the CDG on the radio and with his binoculars when he saw the pillar of light emanating from the Charles de Gaulle piercing and dispelling the clouds. "For god sake what the hell is going on out there?"The pillar disperses seeming to create a kind of dome that encompasses the whole fleet and creating electronic malfunctions on board all the ships.
"Sir the onboard systems have several anomalies!"The Tao officer report.
"Loss of contact with the satellite, the radar is INOP and no radio contact with the outside, only with the ships... "Says the radarman."Trapped by this dome... "Ends the vice admiral when this time a white glow appears and seems to approach all ships.
"All hands prepare for imp..."The Admiral did not have time to finish his sentence when the light hit his ship making the whole fleet disappear and dissipating the storm, leaving only a sea empty of any ship and a sky clear of any clouds and the dome disappeared as if nothing had ever happened, meanwhile at the Pentagon it is the agitation, having suddenly lost track of the 2nd response fleet, the numerous operators are in permanent contact with their counterparts of the nations that have lost contact with their ships and the meteorologists and scientists are unable to explain the sudden disappearance of the storm and the fleet.
Arriving in a hurry from a meeting the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Richard V Spencer addressed the person in charge"Any news from the Roosevelt and the rest of the fleet?"He ask worried by the situation.
"Nothing yet sir, we have tried to contact them several times, several of our reconnaissance aircraft and our allies are currently conducting research. "Responds the head officer.
The radio reports come and go but the fact is there, disappointed, the SECNAV contacts the president: "Yes, Mr. President, I know that it seems impossible and we have no other explanation for the moment, but it seems unfortunately that the 2nd fleet has disappeared completely... "
2nd NATO Response fleet
Unknown date, Mediterranean sea
On the ships of the fleet the situation is slowly returning to normal, given what has just happened all the ship's commanders have put their ships on high alert, guns and missiles ready to fire and aircraft ready to resume their air patrol, while on board the CDG where the incident took place a certain wizard is complaining."Damn, my poor back, damn it...it disappeared? "Asks Dimitri surprised.
"Yes, and I don't know how, but thanks to you, the ship and its crew owe you a debt of gratitude the ratsel has completely disappear leaving nothing but shards"Replied the admiral, helping him to get back on his feet before being joined by the others.
"Boss are you alright?"Ask his friends.
"Yes except for my back but I'm getting used to it, but you you don't have any suits?"
"I don't know what you did, but the kind of mist that was spreading has disappeared and we didn't find any trace of dangerous products in the air, so you can take off your suit."Explains the major.
"Good, I start to choke in it, so it's over... "He said relieved as he removed his suit.
"I hope so... "He replies when a call on the radio urgently requesting the presence of the admiral is heard.
"Not yet, it looks like I'm needed. " Martin replies, heading towards the bridge followed by Dimitri who wants to know what's going on. When they arrive, they notice that a clear sky has replaced a fearsome storm. "The storm...it has completely gone away...XO?" The admiral ASK.
"The meteorologists have no explanation for this but we think it's due to what just happened on board, we're bringing all the systems back online but we have no communication with the naval base in Toulon or Naples or with NATO headquarters and the link with your satellite has been lost but the radio communications between our ships are working and all ships are present."The Xo Melanie Marcato explain.
"Well keep trying, and do we have suffered any damage of causalities?"
"Negative, no material damage and we only have a few minor injuries due to the shockwave and that strange glow or panic, and no leaks reported on the nuclear reactors and our allies are reporting no damage or injuries on their side as well."She answer by reading her notes.
"Well, anything else I need to know about?"
"Well, since what happened, the owners of magic seem to have trouble using their powers, but the doctors estimate that it will be over in an hour or less."She add.
"It's true look..."Dimitri said as he generated a shield that looked rather unstable."Even if I put all my strength into it my magic don't work properly."
"We're not taking any risks then, those who need to use their strikers or anything that needs magic will switch to aircraft or use normal equipment until everything is back to normal, pass these recommendations on to our allies, and prepare for the take off of a Hawkeye and two Rafale M's to have the area monitored."The admiral odored.
"Sir I volunteer to serve as an escort for the Hawkeye. "Asks Dimitri who volunteers.
"Me too sir." adds Jean.
"Are you sure, you've only been back from your mission for a few hours, you should rest."Asks Martin.
"We still have energy and this is not the time to let our guard down, and then there's nothing a wizard can't do, even without his powers!"Dimitri answered with a smile, the admiral sighed and granted their request, later brought via the elevators on the flight deck their two Rafale M painted in light blue with yellow lines along the fuselage bearing the emblem of the Rapier unit symbolized by two crossed rapiers and a Rafale in the middle, equipped with Air-to-Air missiles and two cruise missiles are waiting for the authorization to take off while the personnel of the bridge hooks the sabot of the catapult to the bar located on the front landing gear, in his Rafale wearing his pilot suit Dimitri carries out the last checks."So the flaps..it's good, weapon systems ok, tank filled to 100%, engines ok and GME(3)(Generateur de magie embarqué) it's good too, it will be useful when my powers will be stable again, Rapier 1 to control I'm ready for take off."He says while lowering the visor of his helmet.
"Rapier 2 same here ready to take off!"Indicates Jean by making signs to his friend in front of him.
"This is control copy you are cleared for takeoff."Answer the operator, the catapult officer give the signal and the two Rafale are catapulted pass from 0 to 250 km/h in a few seconds on 75 meters before flying away in the air, they are soon joined by the Hawkeye of the second flotilla, the three aircraft are soon joined by several F/A18F of the U.S. Navy and F35B of the royal navy, their objective is to try to enter in contact with their allies to indicate them that they are alive.
"Something tells me we're not done yet..."Thinks Dimitri, during this time in the west of the fleet to several km a dozen black aircraft with red hexagons are headed towards them, are they friends or enemies, that our friends will soon know!
(1)Ichiro Miyafuji: Originally from Japan, Professor Myiafuji, his wife and only daughter emigrated to the United States when the military power took a preponderant place in the Japanese government in 1935,in his new home he will contribute to improve the Striker Units and their performance and to reduce their magical consumption, he died officially because of an accident during a striker test and was buried with all the honors due to his work. his daughter Yoshika Miyafuji will join the army in 1941 after pearl harbor attack and will serve in Europe in the 442 Regiment Combat Team as a doctor until the end of the war.
(2)Wizards and witches in the French armed forces (this varies in foreign armed forces), are allowed to buy and consume alcohol from 16 years old without the presence of an adult, as long as they show a military card.
(3)GME or OMG(onboard magic generator)A magic generator present in some flying or ground vehicles, just like a striker it allows a witch or a wizard to increase the fighting ability and resistance and speed of the plane, or any other vehicle equipped with this equipment.