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IMS Sukórya’s Joy; and IS Esseldár’s Champion, Cerulean Ocean, 1340 Gradakhmath 4 The rendezvous went smoothly. We cleared the watchers back from the bow – the foc’s’le was already clear, but there was no sense in risking the passengers any more than absolutely necessary – while the black
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IMS Sukórya’s Joy, Cerulean Ocean, 1340 Gradakhmath 4 At first, we thought it was a whale. Looking back, you may not understand our mistake. We did have submarines in our time, after all; indeed, Joy had passed a pair leaving Kanatai Bay, at dock in the port of Sukórya.
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IMS Sukórya’s Joy, Cerulean Ocean, 1340 Gradakhmath 3 It began with a signal. We were three days out of the White Silver Gates when the signal came in. It was late, but while I would have usually been manning the wireless office alone, my junior, Shioi Morotai, was working