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For the first few days of the forth Convoy's voyage proceeded fairly smoothly, but even Petrov still new that the crew was a bit on edge over the risk of the next attack. Especially given that the escort was only four ships strong. Even so, everyone did their duty and did it as well as could be expected given the circumstances. At least so far. Even so, a few people got on edge whenever they saw a sail in the distance. It might be a Dark Elf warship. The civilians were a different matter, most of them had not seen a body of water that they could not see the other end of. The fact that these waters were patrolled by Drow slavers made thing all the worse. He got word of a raid on a fishing village soon after they left, but they were in no position to intercept it. That information he kept under wrap. The last thing he needed right now was scuffles between passengers and sailors, which is what he feared he would get if that information got out. On the forth day at Lunch, he got from a message from Drone Control and came to meet the operator.

Drone control was handled by two people working in shifts, at the helm of the machine now was Ensign Arja Korvec. Notable in the fact that she was the only Woman in the Hunter's crew as well as being very good at her job. She spent most of her time piloting the machine or in her quarters reading, but she always got her paperwork in on time and properly spelled and punctuated. Her workstation involved a table, a device which was mostly fabricated with a stick and some buttons for controlling the drone and a screen, which showed what the drown saw, as well as other information as needed.

"Sir, have something suspicious 55 kilometers west from us and a bit to the north." She said. "It's a patch of mist, thick as pea soup about 7 kilometers across, moving due east despite the the southerly wind." On the screen wast the image of mist.

He remembered the thunderhead the Drow had in tow. "Probably. I want you to keep track of this. I will be on the bridge. Keep me informed."

"Aye Sir."

Petrov then walked to the bridge, a cup of tea in hand. Hopefully, this was nothing. One of those strange quirks of weather. There were plenty of strange tales about things at sea and he had seen some great creatures that lived beneath the waves. A patch of fog which refused to move was tame by his reckoning, even so with the fates of over a thousand sailors and some twenty three hundred marines and passengers a little caution was still in order.

"Navigation has spotted something ahead of us and I would prefer to avoid it. Have the fleet turn southwest, bring us up to twenty two clicks and hold speed for the next three hours. Also I want all weapons manned and all marines ready. We might have some unwanted company soon."

"Aye sir!" his men responded.

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For the first few days of the forth Convoy's voyage proceeded fairly smoothly, but even Petrov still new that the crew was a bit on edge over the risk of the next attack. Especially given that the escort was only four ships strong. Even so, everyone did their duty and did it as well as could be expected given the circumstances. At least so far. Even so, a few people got on edge whenever they saw a sail in the distance. It might be a Dark Elf warship. The civilians were a different matter, most of them had not seen a body of water that they could not see the other end of. The fact that these waters were patrolled by Drow slavers made thing all the worse. He got word of a raid on a fishing village soon after they left, but they were in no position to intercept it. That information he kept under wrap. The last thing he needed right now was scuffles between passengers and sailors, which is what he feared he would get if that information got out. On the forth day at Lunch, he got from a message from Drone Control and came to meet the operator.

Drone control was handled by two people working in shifts, at the helm of the machine now was Ensign Arja Korvec. Notable in the fact that she was the only Woman in the Hunter's crew as well as being very good at her job. She spent most of her time piloting the machine or in her quarters reading, but she always got her paperwork in on time and properly spelled and punctuated. Her workstation involved a table, a device which was mostly fabricated with a stick and some buttons for controlling the drone and a screen, which showed what the drown saw, as well as other information as needed.

"Sir, have something suspicious 55 kilometers west from us and a bit to the north." She said. "It's a patch of mist, thick as pea soup about 7 kilometers across, moving due east despite the the southerly wind." On the screen wast the image of mist.

He remembered the thunderhead the Drow had in tow. "Probably. I want you to keep track of this. I will be on the bridge. Keep me informed."

"Aye Sir."

Petrov then walked to the bridge, a cup of tea in hand. Hopefully, this was nothing. One of those strange quirks of weather. There were plenty of strange tales about things at sea and he had seen some great creatures that lived beneath the waves. A patch of fog which refused to move was tame by his reckoning, even so with the fates of over a thousand sailors and some twenty three hundred marines and passengers a little caution was still in order.

"Navigation has spotted something ahead of us and I would prefer to avoid it. Have the fleet turn southwest, bring us up to twenty two clicks and hold speed for the next three hours. Also I want all weapons manned and all marines ready. We might have some unwanted company soon."

"Aye sir!" his men responded.

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