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The Infrastructural Fleet left Daagsgrad and Borogskov and set to sea. Seven warships, among the the Avatar and the Hunter-class ship Hurricane along with eighteen cargo ships. It was on the same scale as the last transoceanic convoy though while that convoy carried settlers and the supplies they needed to graft a living branch of Infrastructure onto a new continent half a world away this fleet carried some 7,200 soldiers along with 3,600 army support personnel and their weapons and equipment. Among them were a fair number of veterans from Daagsgrad as well as Rifle Brothers, though many soldiers were fresh and had not combat. Nor had some of the specialized equipment they had brought along. In addition there were a few hundred civilian personnel, a few boxes full of equipment. This expedition did cause a disruption to the timetables for colonial development setting that field back at least six months, but ultimately such a delay had been deemed an acceptable cost.

In command of the expedition was Drive himself, who had arrived aboard the Avatar at the last minute as it left port without any formal announcement. Beneath him was Admiral Petrov Miles, who for the first few days had been asking the same question that all the thousands under his command: "where were they going?" The standing orders for navigation had been to sail out for the open ocean. He had heard a few general points be given out about dress as everyone involved had been provided with warm weather uniforms. The scuttlebutt had generated a number of possibilities for this expedition, some of which were quite absurd or would ultimately be suicidal. This continued for two days before Drive convened a meeting of all the senior officers under his command and explained their destination: the Avesian Islands.

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Description
The Infrastructural Fleet left Daagsgrad and Borogskov and set to sea. Seven warships, among the the Avatar and the Hunter-class ship Hurricane along with eighteen cargo ships. It was on the same scale as the last transoceanic convoy though while that convoy carried settlers and the supplies they needed to graft a living branch of Infrastructure onto a new continent half a world away this fleet carried some 7,200 soldiers along with 3,600 army support personnel and their weapons and equipment. Among them were a fair number of veterans from Daagsgrad as well as Rifle Brothers, though many soldiers were fresh and had not combat. Nor had some of the specialized equipment they had brought along. In addition there were a few hundred civilian personnel, a few boxes full of equipment. This expedition did cause a disruption to the timetables for colonial development setting that field back at least six months, but ultimately such a delay had been deemed an acceptable cost.

In command of the expedition was Drive himself, who had arrived aboard the Avatar at the last minute as it left port without any formal announcement. Beneath him was Admiral Petrov Miles, who for the first few days had been asking the same question that all the thousands under his command: "where were they going?" The standing orders for navigation had been to sail out for the open ocean. He had heard a few general points be given out about dress as everyone involved had been provided with warm weather uniforms. The scuttlebutt had generated a number of possibilities for this expedition, some of which were quite absurd or would ultimately be suicidal. This continued for two days before Drive convened a meeting of all the senior officers under his command and explained their destination: the Avesian Islands.

Previous-Infrastructure: Part Two Hundred and Fifty Two
Next-Infrastructure: Part Two Hundred and Fifty Four