@scottrochester.bsky.social#WipSnips 28 Sep 'prime'
#MaxChaos and #MajorHastings are discussing weaponry with #DustyOldFossil.
“so you set fire to sails with exploding Brussel Sprouts?”
“in my day you just pointed a cannon, looked up a chart, set a trajectory, and bang!”
@scottrochester.bsky.social#WipSnips 20 Sep 'signal'
Aboard a Byddin (Welsh Forces) ship #MajorHastings (Wolfland) is feeling side-lined. #CandiCrush is paying attention to everything, especially her boyfriend #MaxChaos.
There are mixed signals, and a risk of action with pirates
![WIP extract book 2 of 6
SlenderWolf In With the In Crowd
Chapter N
It’s just not cricket
Commander Rees is the first to speak, “it’s RedCircle! Looks like the RedChallenger to me. He’s taking her back to Wally!”
“She’s taking her back to Wally,” says CandiCrush, “that looks like RedFox on the bridge, not RedHawk! Steve, read those flags! That says VEX!”
[A set of three International-Code-Of-Signals flags, reading V and E and X]
[They are shown in greyscale using the correct shading and hatching as per the the Petra Sancta method]
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Petra-Sancta-system
What this means is that RedFox is warning other shipping that she is fleeing the VexCircle. There are obviously more pirates around that usual. Commander Rees has already ordered the gun crews to load the cannons.
In very clear terms, CandiCrush says, “Owen, please let her go. There are reasons. Just watch out for the RenatusVex! Steve, Max, quickly study those flags, before she’s out of sight. Steve, teach him what they mean. Obviously she’s saying VEX, but make sure that Max understands both ways to read those flags. Dusty, now’s your chance to see action again … there might be a VexCircle ship nearby! Owen, where do you want Dusty?”
“Why can’t we engage the RedChallenger?” asks Major Hastings, “we won’t get a chance like this again. Why am I suddenly teaching signals to a civilian?”
“Steve, you are going to have to set aside any personal animosities and learn to get on with Max. Tell him the rules of engagement, go through the flags with him, start with VEX. Later I’ll explain why we’re letting RedFox go. Run up a Bravo Zulu.”
CandiCrush - A watercolour painting of a smart, attractive, youthful 34 year old female military officer with chestnut coloured eyes, and long ash brown hair flowing down her.
A watercolour painting of a pleasant looking 21 year old man with short, straight chestnut hair with hints of bronze.
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