TFA1 7.24 - Going To Magwurt City
Viscount Issel's Study, Castle Lagra
16:00, 8 Sept 2025
For indefinitely, General Khartoum would hold the command of Buriek Guard in Sandhur Region. In addition to staff officer and 2000 liaison officers, he also brought 3000 elite personnel of Tuscan Guard.
The elite personnel would work hand in hand with TF Amethyst to secure Castle Lagra. Given that the negative sentiments of Sandhur Region's remaining residents towards Kingdom of Buriek were still strong.
In a calm tone, General Khartoum reported to Nate and Viscount Issel. "All liaison officers have been assigned to the units they are responsible for. Meanwhile, Tuscan Guard's attributes and combat uniforms have been distributed to Buriek Guard's personnel."
Nate nodded slightly and said, “Even though we managed to prevent the arrival of Makai Combine Fleet, some elements of Makai Guard and Makai Riders have already arrived in Sviek and Rivek Region. So we have to handle the current situation with a delicate touch.
And if we can prevent the conflict from continuing, the existing funds and resources can be used for more positive activities."
“I do hope Makai Guard will retreat too,” General Khartoum briefly said.
Nate then turned towards Viscount Issel. "Ser Viscount, it's time to send an invitation to see Kingdom of Makai's attitude."
Viscount Issel firmly replied, "Understood, tonight my courier will be leaving."
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Marquise Orev's Office, Sviek Guard HQ
13:00, 9 Sept 2025
Marquise Orev casually looked out of the window, while his hand held a letter from Viscount Issel. Then, with hasty steps, Count Isak suddenly entered the room.
"Ser Orev, Makai Navy HQ withdrew their Combine Fleet to check for design flaws on their ships."
"They do a design flaw inspection now. So what exactly they have been doing in peaceful time?" After taking a deep breath Marquise Orev then said, "Tell me the progress of our consolidation."
"If we add the strength from Sviek and Rivek Region, we will have 800 Riders and 700 thousand ground personnel." Count Isak paused for a moment, before hesitantly adding, "But to break through the defensive line at Levsait and Raisat we should wait until the ground element reaches one million personnel.”
Marquise Orev looked at the letter in his hand before saying, "There's a chance we won't go on a war."
"Huh?"
"Reinforcement from Tuscan Region arrived at the last minute and they somehow managed to wipe out Buriek Rider and Buriek Guard back to the sea. Currently, in Sandhur Region there are 400,000 Tuscan Guards and 400 Tuscan Riders."
Seeing the question mark on Count Isak's forehead thickened, Marquise Orev immediately added, "Of course we can't just believe it. I want you to bring a delegation to check Sandhur Region's latest situation."
“What will we do regarding our promise to help Sviek and Rivek Region to obtain a portion of Sandhur Region’s territory?”
After taking a deep breath Marquise Orev replied, "If Tuscan Guards are truly already in Sandhur Region, then nothing we can do."
"Understood," Count Isak replied briefly.
It was an iron rule that nobles and high-ranking officials in Kingdom of Makai should not be involved in conflicts or territorial disputes between Regions. As long as a Region was not occupied by foreign powers and still paid annual tribute, Kingdom of Makai had no justification for deploying its military force to the Regions in dispute.
"I will be leaving tonight."
After giving a small bow Count Isak then left the room. Meanwhile, Marquise Orev was looking back into distance.
'Looks like the rise of Tuscan Region is not hearsay,' Marquise Orev muttered.
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General O'Neil's office, Harley Quinn MOA
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10:00, 12 Sept 2025
With serious expressions General O'Neil, Brigadier General Rayden, Colonel Patricia, and Colonel Maddox looked at the aerial footage of four fort cities on the east coast of Amstell Continent. TF Amethyst did hope the Guests From East would move slowly and carefully, but who would have thought that their preparations turned out to be quite massive.
General O'Neil calmly said, “The conflict in Sandhur Region is practically over. Therefore, we will direct our attention to the east for the time being.
Judging from their preparations, it seems our guest is not only aiming for Terry Hill but also looking for new territory to occupy. I wonder if there's a possibility to break their intention without needing to deploy ground elements."
Colonel Patricia firmly replied, "Currently, we don't have assets capable of wiping out the four fort cities without deploying ground elements. The only options are setting up a Firebase to launch artillery strikes, or a Forward Airbase to launch airstrikes."
General O'Neil nodded slightly before asking again, "If you had a blank check, what options would you suggest?"
"Option one, a Strike Groups consisting of eight Aegis Destroyer, we can destroy one of the fort cities using a salvo of 700 Tomahawk from 2000 km away." Colonel Patricia was silent for a moment before continuing, "Option two, six B-52s each releasing two 30,000 pound stand-off bunker busters from 1500 km away."
A question mark instantly appeared on Brigadier General Rayden's forehead. If he remembered it correctly, the two options were standard tactics for destroying modern military bases with reinforced underground structures. "Patricia, Are you sure these fire powers aren't overkill for our targets?"
"Absolutely not,” Colonel Patricia firmly replied, “Terry Hill had showed us that our guest is capable of making a construction as solid as a modern military base."
"We can't acquire a forbidden toy like a B-52. Our only options are Aegis Destroyer or Aegis Land System. It seems we should start the second purchase." General O'Neil then turned to Colonel Maddox before asking, "Can we start the construction of shipyard to build assets of Amphibious Strike Group, as well as Aegis Land System for Harley Quinn?"
"We're temporarily halting the efforts to turn Southeast Triangle into a Nouel Farmland, so we have sufficient resources." Colonel Maddox made a small calculation and then continued, "Three months for facility construction, one month for heavy equipment installation, then eight months to assemble 70-80 ships if there is no delay for the shipment of system and components.”
In an instant Colonel Patricia frowned. "Could you work a little faster?"
Colonel Maddox snorted before replying, "1 unit Ronald Reagan-class CVN, 3 units America-class LHD, 6 units San Antonio-class LPD, 6 unit Ticonderoga-class CG, and 18 unit Arleigh Burke-class DDG. For this list alone, it's already a miracle if we can finish the assembly and sea trial in eight months."
“Fine,” Colonel Patricia replied before letting out a deep breath.
After tapping his fingers on the table, General O'Neil said, "Vex will return to earth to take care of the delay on shipment for first purchase. I'll ask him to start the second purchase."
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Primary Hangar E6, Davy Jones MOB
08:20, 16 Sept 2025
As soon as versus contact with Kingdom of Buriek stopped, TF Amethyst immediately transferred Lagra Castle’s defenders who required intensive care to Magwurt City. It was a wise decision as in Magwurt City, TF Amethyst already had a hospital with the capability and technology no less than Medic Quarter at Harley Quinn.
Not to mention Magwurt City also had Counseling Quarter which was led by Lan Yan'er directly. Then, medic personnel at Castle Lagra suggested that the children in the castle be temporarily transferred to Magwurt City too, as the trauma they experienced was not light.
Major Shade and Lan Yan'er then wrote the request of approval to General O'Neill and Vex. A few days later, ACG prepared eight C-130J Super Hercules to transfer the thousands of children at Castle Lagra to Magwurt City. Each Hercules was fitted with two pairs of long benches facing each other and used a thick cloth net for leaning.
The two pairs of benches inside the Hercules could accommodate 120 adult passengers who did not carry equipment and weapons. Therefore, the actual number of children on each flight could be higher. However, Vex put a limit that on each flight, a Hercules would carry only 100 children and 10 castle maids who would became their guardians.
As soon as the eight Hercules were ready to be boarded, the bus carrying the children approached. In a neat line as if they were duckling, the children then walked towards the ramp door while their gazes were filled with curiosity. But this neat lineup only lasted for a moment.
Some children didn't pay attention to the way, so they were tripped when they stepped on the ramp door. Some others scrambled for seats once they entered the Hercules, and some cried because they didn't want to enter the Hercules. The castle maids, the Hercules’ crew, and the security officers instantly became busy, but there were no yells or loud words they uttered.
It took two hours before all the children entered and sat inside the Hercules. On the last Hercules, Vex sat side by side with Erlin and other children, while his bodyguards stood around him.
"Lucan, are we really going to fly?"
Vex smiled before replying, "Yup."
A moment later, after the pilot turned on the engine, Loadmaster told the children to sit tight and hold on to the net on which they were leaning. Then, as soon as the castle maids and the flight crew made sure all the children were holding on tight, the Hercules moved to the runway, took a take-off run, and took off very gently.
As soon as the children were allowed to let go of their hold, the commotion filled the cabin again.
"Whoaah . . . We are flying."
"Uncle . . . Can we open this window?"
"Wuaaaa. . . So high."
"Aunt. . . I want to pee."
While smiling from ear to ear, Vex looked around the cabin, where the flight crew and castle maid became super busy again.
'Well, they are still kids and just lost their parents, families, and homes. It's truly fortunate that they are able to forget their pain, even if only for a moment.'
Then, Vex leaned his head to the net, while Erlin looked out of the window in awe.
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