[b][center][h3][color=seagreen]The Republic of Deltora
1906[/color][/h3][/center][/b][hr]

[center][b]Reinforcements[/b][/center]
In light of recent tensions with the Grand Empire of Survaek, it is seen fit by the War Office and Secretary of State for War, Marshal Alfred Daucourt to deploy the 2nd Deltoran Field Army to Deltoran Serranthia. A necessary step to maintain the peace and prevent a further breach of universally recognized law. Under the command of General Robert Vaugrenard, the 2nd Field Army is to reinforce the regions southern border now shared with the Empire of Survaek. 

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[i]Deltoran soldiers disembarking from a train at Evemont to take ferries across the Rochefort Passage. Circa 1906.[/i][/center]
The field army is to ferry across the Rochefort Passage under the watchful gaze of the Armoured Cruiser, TPS Dauntless and accompanying Destroyers TPS Storm and Thunder as the force traverses the 10 mile passage to Port Vail. Several observers have noted that the field army is accompanied by an usually large group of ponies bearing ammunition and their allotted guns. 

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[center][b]Battlecruisers[/b][/center]
With the invention, announcement and adoption of the Dreadnought by the Kingdoms of Aontas and Survaek. The Deltoran Admiralty had found themselves looking into a different kind of capital ship, that which would lead the Grand Deltoran Navy to victory on the oceans. That of the Battlecruiser, a ship which in theories put forth by Admiral of the fleet, Rodolphe Vigouroux could and would go toe to toe with a Pre-Dreadnought with it's firepower and yet boast a speed faster than any other cruiser on the seas.

This theory would come to life in the presented Horizon-class, an evolution of the armoured cruiser with a distinct increase in speed, firepower and displacement compared to any of the most recent armoured cruisers, it would become the first Battlecruiser class to grace the ocean, and perhaps more importantly, bear the Deltoran flag. The first of its kind, so named the TPS Tempest is expected to finish construction and pass its first sea trial runs within the next few years.

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[center][b]Scramble for Vakellia? 
We have better things to do[/b][/center]
As news of the scramble for the distant continent of Vakellia swept across Deltora, the government found itself receiving funds from capitalists and the rich alike, the two were the same, to fund an expedition to these exotic lands now the subject of talk for many. The possible riches to be found fueled ambitions, but not those of Deltora. To much exclaim, those whom had donated were thanked publicly for raising the required funding for several schools across the nation to be built and fully staffed. The matter was dropped.