"I have been called to send 3,000 tons worth of armor and ammunition to soldiers along the Maginot line, as the French government has plans to extend it.
I have been given an inadequate sailing vessel dating back to before the Civil War in America, dangerously retrofitted with a very powerful steam engine. I guess the German invasion has run the French pretty dry.
I headed out last week from the port of Vancouver. Alone. I’m not sure why. My best estimates project a travel time of 6 days, seven if I'm unlucky. After all, this ship was barely able to carry 500 tons of cargo back in the Great War.
I feel I am not alone. The ship rocks ever too much, and the halls are too warm. I hope, for those soldiers' sakes, I make it."
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