De Camino et Virtus Bellorum

Outside the lands of Arendelle, a hooded figure with a bow on his back looks at Arendelle

"Things are starting" He says to himself

Phil is busy making sure the Greek airship he is on is running smoothly and is on the lookout for incoming vessels.

The Exegeiroma was one of the larger ships the Greeks themselves possessed - most of their naval power came from the Southern Isles and most of those ships were in turn protecting Southern Islander shipping from Ottoman interdiction and pirates out of Algiers.

What all that meant was that the Southern Islander/Greek convoy heading out to Arendelle had only a paltry escort, the largest of which was a cruiser. With a hostile Europe potentially confronting them, the group hadn't been able to take the direct route across the continent; Prussia and Corona were in the way, either of which could easily shoot down the whole flotilla and claim any of a number of excuses. Instead, the group had had to pass around the Italian peninsula (Italy was embroiled in a war of what appeared to be unification, which had bogged down into a five-way mess that was going nowhere quite quickly) and across France.

Currently they were heading over the North Sea, arguably the most dangerous part of the voyage since passing over Sicily.

Bjorn entered the city with relative ease. Because of his combination of knowing the city like the back of his hand and the whole city getting prepared for the arrival of the ambassadors, the guards didn't really pay enough attention. Once he was inside he got a quiet place to work on his gear. When he finished he flicked on his hood and walked to the docks to get a look at the ambassadors

Phil receives an order from the captain telling him to check on their special guests, Octavian and Anastasia of Sparta.

Bjorn arrives at the docks

"Are we there yet?" Octavion asked, impatient.

"What do you think?" Anastasia asked as she continued reading a book on battle strategies.

Phil looks into the room that the 2 are sitting in. "We are nearing our destination. "

No one bothered to answer because the ship started rocking as if it was hit

"What the hell was that?" Phil ducks out of the doorway to the cabin and runs to the bridge.

In the bride they see a sight no sailer wants to see. A airship as bigs as there own was coming out of the clouds and the more experience sailers on the ship recognized it as the Queen Anna's Revenge

"Hold your fire until you are ordered otherwise." Phil says.

The Queen Anna's revenge continued its attack damaging most if not all of the propellers on this ship and most of the hull armor

The South Islander ships moved to engage the pirate vessel, spreading out to direct fire at it from multiple directions.

The Queen Anna's revenge pulled away to get a good shot in at the South Islander ships. Once its was in position the QAR opened fire

The South Islander's closest ship, a skiff, took a brutal shot that blew off its bow. The airship listed violently astern with the loss of balance. Other South Islander ships took more hits, knocking off armor plating and damaging weapons. Curiously, the Queen Anne's Revenge wasn't taking much damage from the barrage of fire coming in at it.

QAR continues to fires at the other ships and then attacks the ship it originally attacked

"Raise altitude!" Phil commands.

The South Islander ships went down one after the other, leaving the Exegeiroma unprotected against the heavily-armed pirates.

"retreat and find another way around." Phil says.

The QAR didn't let them go very far, firing at the ships propulsion systems to slow it to a hult

Shots from the Revenge hurtle through the air at the Greek ship. Most sail harmlessly by as the Exegeiroma maneuvers deftly out of the way, but a few punch hard into the engine spall, drawing clouds of smoke and a jet of steam as the engine becomes labored.

Phil hears a cry of triumph as more shots hit the engines of the ship

The Greek ship's portside engine shuts down completely as steam pours from gashes in the hull. Down to half power, the ship is an easy target if the Revenge wanted to board...