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[b]The Imperium of Hiron[/b][/center]

[b]October 5th, 1899, Yufutsu, Hiron[/b]

The Diplomat Hiri Ishiki stepped aboard TES [i]Kazemono[/i]. $400,000 was stored in a briefcase he was caring, having been given orders to sail to the Tyro-Redanian Empire to acquire 400 of their new machineguns in exchange for the money. The implications of this were obvious, and Ishiki's mission was kept tightly under wraps in order to avoid piracy or conflict, but who the machineguns were to be used on, Ishiki had no idea. It was not his place to question, only to follow orders. The man stepped aboard the ship, possibly never to return to Hiron again if things went badly.


[b]October 6th, 1899, Senryu, Hiron[/b]

The Head of Design of Imperials Arms, the only real provider of Small Arms in Hiron, Mazuki Sunichiro, was sitting quietly at his desk when a secretary politely entered, bowed, and presented to him a set of papers. On them was a direct order from the Imperium government itself, "Hmm? They wish to have an up-to-date rifle? Well, it's about damn time. The last one was designed eleven years ago. Lazy bastards finally got around to this. I'll get right on it, tell them I'll have the prototype in... say... August, 1900. Alright?" The secretary bowed once more and left the room as Mazuki set to work on the rifle, muttering to himself, "Hmm, their specifications are very specific, they're aiming quite high with this one... I'll do my best for the Emperor..."


[b]October 7th 1899, Senryu, Hiron[/b]

Shipyards and Drydocks across Hiron received orders for new ships from the Imperium, with each Drydock being informed to build an 1894 Class Pre-Dreadnought, and the shipyards told to build a current-gen submarine each. Revitalized finally by having new business, the naval construction workers got to work as soon as they could, drawing up plans and allocating resources.