[color=fff200][center][h1]The Kingdom of Etelia[/h1][/center]
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[i]Fall, 1910[/i]
[b]Parmua, Etelia[/b]

"Fucking Estaratian dogs," Foreign Minister Marchi Sesso mumbled, fixing his tie for the third time. "They beg and plead and look for trouble." 

"And they are many millions in debt, senor Sesso," King Alberto Tavachi, Head of State of the Kingdom of Etelia replied. Though his powers were largely marginal, he was as always an accepted member of the State Meetings. This one in particular had been called in response to the partial mobilization of the Estaratia Army, an immense force. "They will not be along the border until at least the spring."

"Should we mobilize our own forces?" Chief of the Army Giovanni Tessi asked, sifting through an unlabeled folder.

"Pah. The Estaratians are bluffing. They bluffed with the Frienians too, you know," Minister of the Economy Juliano Marcolin spat from across the row. There, he poured himself a glass of wine. His third that night. "I've seen the reports, you know. They're in shambles. Three, maybe four years before a total collapse. And now they mobilize their army. They're a sensible lot."

Everybody in the room mumbled in agreement.

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[b]Savei, Etelia[/b]

The Sarano class was a class of destroyers of the Etelian Royal Navy. They were the first large Etelian destroyers and the first fitted with steam turbines. The class is sometimes also called the S-class. The Sarano class was designed by Luigi Scaglia of Societa Pattison of Bitonto. The Sarano class were the first in the progression of Etelian destroyers to be called either [i]tre[/i] pipe or [i]tre canne[/i] for their three funnels.

The ships were 237 feet 11 inches (72.52 m) at the waterline (239 feet 6 inches (73.00 m) overall) with a beam of 24 feet (7.3 m) and a draft of 7 feet 11 inches (2.41 m). They had twin shafts driven by two Tosi steam turbines that were fired by four Fornnik boilers. The drivetrain was designed for a power output of 16,000 horsepower (12,000 kW) to move the ships at 30 knots (56 km/h), but had a maximum output of 17,620 shaft horsepower (13,140 kW) which propelled the ships at 35.79 knots (66.28 km/h).

As built, the ships were armed with one 4.7 in (120 mm)/40 gun, four 3 in (76 mm)/40 guns, and two 17.7 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes. In 1909 they were augmented with an additional two torpedo tubes.

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[i]Etelian destroyer Marovetti, circa 1910[/i][/center]

The [i]Marovetti[/i] and it's sister ship the [i]Cantovatti[/i] were aged, but reliable ships. They were immediately posted to the [b]4th Destroyer Squadron[/b] out of [b]Tern[/b]. They left the morning of October 3rd, 1910 from Savei, sailed the Etelian Peninsula and slipped through the Terecian Channel. They reached Tern on October 17th, 1910. The [b]4th Destroyer Squadron[/b] was comprised of the Armored Cruiser [i]Piza[/i], and six Destroyers. Led by Admiral Sevometti, the squadron was entrusted with the security of the supply lines in the Western Serranthian Sea.