Aboard the Suffolk, Nelson listened with growing concern as the Lt. read out the communique from the Fleet Admiral.
"Good grief, that time again already? They want me to do WHAT? Compile the report to the Admiralty Board for the entire BAF rosters? What, Armies too?? Isn't it bad enough that I have the Suffolk Fleet to deal with? That's over 3 million men to account for....I'm definitely regretting telling the BAF I had experience in administration back when I signed up.....
"Oh well, might as well make a start. Number one, Commodore Sir Stanley Nelson (KBE), 5th Fleet, 1st Battlefleet. Ships: Templar, Challanger, HMS Suffolk (Fleet HQ)....Captain Graham Harper, 5th Fleet, 1st Battlefleet, 1st Squadron.... Ships: HMS Steadfast (Destroyer), HMS Vanguard (Gunboat)....two down, 2,999,998 to go...."
Sir Stanley Nelson <span style="color:#000066">Charles Canning </span><span style="color:#000066"> Foreign Secretary</span>
Privateer Ex-Lord Sir Reginald Notworthy the Third reporting in sah! Paladin, Challenger, and the Liverpool Packet are battleready, although you'll not be seeing them. We're rather busy, what!
Jack Handey Wrote:I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
Privateer Sir Fortunatus Wright reporting in. Hussar, Paladin, Challenger, gunboat and Percheron all fitted out and fully functional for the shafting of the Kusari regime!
Captain Douglas Bader reporting in as requested, sir. My Challenger and Paladin are fully operational, though, I grow weary of the Paladin and I am having my crew chief on Grimsby prepare my old Templar for service.