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Monteros, Winston Island, 5th of December, 20XX




The RPNV Raika docked at Monteros at 7 AM, as the townsfolk and the tourists start to get out of their houses to go get breakfast, which was normally a dose of muffin and coffee. The sailors of the RPNV Raika joined in with another company of the Peonic Expeditionary from the RPV Katsugawa, a makeshift base using containers were built in the harbour, and preparations began as the engineers gave thorough maintenance of the Raika, following a refuel. Captain Denning Ko had instructed his first mate, Lieutenant Hakeem Zhang to oversee the process. The leaders of the expedition at the RPNV Raika was called for a meeting, and a Winstonian patrol speedboat was there to take them.


It was clear what they were moving towards as the speedboat leaped over the ocean waves. A behemoth that sat near the Winston Islands, the Jobu-Masako 10th Generation Nuclear Aircraft Carrier had made rounds in reconnaisance over North Cordilia amidst the Besernian-Absolustan war, after the declaration of peace, the ship was relocated to the Winston Islands for a special meeting.

Captain Ko wore his best uniform, white with markings of rank, The Peonic Salvation Corps was the tag that he wore on his left. Zahra Lliong had worn an orange lifevest and sat on the side trying to photo the admiring panorama of Winston Island. The Head Oceanographer, Kao Min Hao, was also present with his own lifevest, he was a bit moody.

“Are you feeling seasick, honorable professor?” asked Zahra Lliong.
“It is nothing, honorable investigator. The potato salad for dinner and for breakfast was simply the epitome of depression that soured the beginning of the day.”
“You are not sick, I hope. Professor?” Asked Captain Ko.
“I am not, food poisoning would lead you to regret and anger of consumption. This is not like that, I am merely, utterly dissapointed.” Said Kao Min Hao, looking moodier as he gazed at the oceans, he didn’t feel the need to say that he had some stomach problems before arrival, but he had taken the medicine subtly given to him by the medic.

The speedboat continued to sail closer to the carrier as the morning fog cleared the view. Siding the boat to the carrier, the ladders unto the ship were pushed out into sight. Captain Ko tightened his white gloves, the standard issue Captain gloves and got up the bars leading to the entrance. Zahra tightened her hijab first, making sure the ocean wind would not blow it off, and made her way up, noted the chilly temperature of winter steel, and continued. Professor Kao Min Hao however, was a swimmer, and while he braves the depths of the ocean, fears depth when there is no liquid, otherwise known as heights. Sighing a couple of times, he took every bar and got up at a slow pace, telling himself to not look down.

As the three were escorted into the conference room, sailors were forming at the runway of the carrier. Lining up in front of the jetfighters that fly under the Peonic banner, they welcome a jet that landed, markings of the royal emblem were abundant.

The planes hooked unto the runway, and the doors open.


“Attention!” The row of soldiers stood in unison, a salute to welcome the head of state. Peonic guardians with their traditional silk uniform came out first and stood by the side of the stairs of the plane. The Peony wore a black dress suit with her hair cut neatly. She had cut her hair after her address a couple of weeks ago.
Following her is the High Commodore, Lord-Admiral Zheng He, and the leader of the Peonic Salvation Corps, Admiral Han Lee. Both in their respective admiral uniforms. They followed behind The Peony as her guardians boxed them in.

All of them made their way to the meeting room, and reports begin.

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“Ladies and Gentlemen, on behalf of the Royal Palace, I would like to provide a couple of words of appreciation for your attendance in this meeting to discuss the retrieval of fight HIA 402. In attendance, Honorable First Minister Ragnhild Larsen who will be attending the briefing digitally from Valkyria. Honourable High Commodore of The Marine Council, Lord Admiral Zheng He, and Admiral of the Peonic Salvation Corps, Admiral Han Lee. As well as Lord-Captain Shuichi Souma of the RPNV Sakura for hosting the meeting, Captain Hiro Kaze of the RPV Katsugawa and Captain Denning Ko of the RPNV Raika as vessel heads of the Peonic Expeditionary Forces Number 23, as well as the honourable investigator Zahra Lliong and honourable professor Kao Min Hao.” Said the Peony as she opens the briefing. “Under the blessing of God, I allow the meeting to begin.”

“Thank you my Nuwang.” Said Lord Admiral Zheng He as he opened his binder. He opted to sparingly use the standard-issue ministry tablets. “I believe it is in our best interest that we receive the report from the honourable investigator, if you may.”

“Thank you, Lord Admiral.” Said Zahra as she bowed a bit, “If I may have your attention on the screen.”

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On the 8th of January, 2005. At precisely 1:24 AM, flight Huawan Intercontinental Airlines 402, a vessel by the CM 8000, took off in clear weather en route from Kate Walker International Airport, ZhangHai to the city of Targassona, Ceretania. The plane carried over 140 passengers, and 20 crew on board, along with a hold filled with passenger baggage and express mail. The plane had also taken a sizable shipment of gold reserves from Ribbank, which would be sailed to Gi-Land upon arrival. There is also a shipment of Spiced Rum on board en route to Targassona for a supposed birthday party by the mayor. It is to be noted the passengers on board, of the 140 in the cabin, there are over 7 cardiologists en route for a symposium, 10 biochemical scientists, which, from further identification, was wanted Gi-Lanndian bioweapons engineer Doctor Hanno Lieber, speculatively flying to Targassona for a stopover before being picked up by separatists in Bruuma. Also in the plane, Besernian celebrity Leuchte Vandermark, and Sedunnic investigative reporter Sasha Oeinna, both took the plane for transit.

Based on radar flight data retreived by Royaltican authorities, the flight had continued through crossing the rainbow islands, continued to be detected in Mo’oloa islands of the country of Kaha’i. Antarchan flight towers in FiHami should have detected the final signal of the plane, however, the recent war of independence for FiHami had completely destroyed all records by the Antarchan flight tower. By the 83rd minute, precisely 3:47 AM ZhangHai time, the plane was missing from all towers.

Uniquely for the nature of the crash, is that based on sources, there was no sound of an explosive crash, one that would normally indicate a high-speed impact unto the ocean surface. Even more interesting, is the nature of the very items that would allow investigators to locate the crash. The black box, a module filled with flight data and cabin recordings, that would be vital for investigation regarding the nature of the incident, had not turned on. The black box, under the South Pacifican Civil Aviation Organization, is a device that would allow the transmission of sonars every second for 30 days upon exposure with saltwater. The device would be able to transmit their radar over 6000 metres deep from the ocean surface.

Previous investigators baffled; the black box should be exposed to saltwater upon impact at the ocean surface. A consensus by search and rescue units back in 2005, after a 2-year search, was that the blackbox was had submerged unto Christies trench, a trench that goes as deep as 13000 metres, twice the allowable depth of the blackbox transmission. Coupled with major earthquakes in the area, leaves immense doubt that the crash would be retrievable. A cold case was declared on July 4th 2007.

However, on the 1st of December 20XX, radar from Winston Island Climatologist and Oceanographers unveiled a signal just off of Christie’s Eye, a sinkhole like structure that seemed to be like the drain. Recorded to be much deeper than the 13000 metres deep. The area surrounding Christie’s eye are a series of mountains and canyons submerged below, and we suspect that the signal is in the shallower area of these canyons. Izaakian scouts that arrived a couple days earlier revealed that the signal came from Christie’s Ridge, northeast of the eye. It is also unknown whether there are wreckages in the islands, previous searches reveal negative findings, however, the region’s harsh weather and natural disasters may submerge the parts near the island, it is proposed that a team of divers are to search for wreckages if it is possible.

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"And what did the Valkyrian radars detect, First Minister?" Asked The Peony of Huawan.

“Under the Valkyrian government, the Winstonian government had placed the radars to oversee earthquake and tsunami warnings. The rainbow islands is a region laden with high activity volcanoes, most of whom, originate from the trench. The trench itself birthed from the most volatile subduction zone in the region with the highest velocity of friction none has ever seen. The devastating earthquake in Erinor is evidence of the devastation that may lead from this trench. Our radars are also equipped with tsunami and typhoon warnings, which are a common occurrence in the North Pacific Ocean. We were surprised that an unknown signal suddenly turned up in Chrsties eye, of which having the similar frequency and pattern that of a black box.”

“We may be of need of your radar facilities in case any weather-related disasters would happen as the search begin” said Professor Kao Min Hao.

“Under executive orders of president Kate Murphy, Winston island would spare no expense in supporting the operation. Our facilities are at the disposal of the allies of Valkyria.”

“Thank you very much, honorable First Minister, your help is deeply appreciated by our humble peocracy.” Said The Peony, “thank you for sparing your time for us.”

“Yes, your excellency. We wish you good tidings and the best of luck on your search.”

The transmission from the Winstonian First Minister turned off, and Admiral Han Lee began to click his tablet, which was connected to the table.

"After the forward base is built in the harbour, the RPNV Raika are to sail to Christies mouth and launch the 17th generation RED-class sonar submarine drones, that way, we could divide the workload between the foreign searchers in Christies ridge. The RPV Katsugawa are to set up buoys in the area and initiate a diving mission in the islands. Hopefully if we could specifically triangulate the sonars, we would be able to send the deep sea diving submarine to retrieve whatever is left."


“Yes Admiral.” Said Captain Ko and Captain Kaze in unison. The briefing was about to end as the finer details are discussed, but Captain Denning Ko and Zahra knew that they only had one shot in inquiring about the redacted documents. Hopefully The Peony would be gracious.