1901
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Tis the year of 1901, the second year of the New Century, the first year after the World Expo of 1900, and nine before the beginning of the First World War.
In this year of the world of Vapor, Cygnar opens its doors to the world after the nation's unification and subsequent self isolation in 1871. In the 30 years between then and now, the world outside of Cygnar has changed monstrously; with new inventions such as the airplane, tank, automobile, wireless telegraphy, automatic rifles, airships, mechanized armour, and to a small extent mechanical computers. Other discoveries such as electricity and gasoline engines begin to gain prominence. The (nearly) worldwide railroad was begun and completed, but horrid conflict also happened. The nation of Voerdeland collapsed and was divided amongst those nations willing to grab at it. And so tensions rise even higher as the world quickly prepares for war that all the world knows will come soon.
And with such the grasp of allies and new devices of war arise along with it.
And so is the story of the Kingdom of Cygnar, only recently did it announce the ends of its isolation and only recently did the rest of world hear of this news. The powers of the world quickly jump to make themselves allies of the Cygnarians. And the first of such nations to do so is the Kingdom of Vitzenburg headed by Kaiserness Morgen I and the Greater Federal Empire of Servoth headed by Kaiser Heinz IX.
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International Waters just of the coast of Cygnar
April 16th, 1901
12:09 Middle-Eastern Time
The first to arrive was the Servothians. The steamship, the Franz, was nearing the closest Cygnarian port. The news of the openning of Cygnar to the rest world was unexpected. Most of the Servothian peoples had completely forgotten that the place even existed, and as such the rush to get there first was hectic, as so the Franz had not time to properly refuel.
The Franz carried an assorted, and random, collection of what the Servothian Empire had to offer. The officers on board telegraphed a message the Cygnarian port, though it was questionable that they had the technology to pick it up since their isolation beginning in '71.
The Vitzenburgians were not far behind as far as the State could tell. But right now it was a race of who could get there first, Servothian paranoia had taken a quick hike into the sky after the Voerdeland event and this event was crucial in gaining a new ally against the mounting enemies of the Servothian State.
On board and at the very front of the Franz was a Servothian man chosen to represent the State. He was a medium height man, with short black hair, hazel eyes, a face that wasn't gorgeous but not bad, and had a medium build too. He wore the stand uniform for a Servothian military man of the rank of general. A white pickelhaube (with a golden Servothian Eagle on the front, the spike too was golden and so was the chain and rest of the helmet's decoration), the signature red Servothian jacket with a black tie (the forearm of the covered in a variety of gold bands sown each having it own Jugendstil style swirls detailed onto them, the buttons of the jacket were golden also), and finally he sported a pair of black Jodhpurs which had a white and golden stripe going down the side, and finally a pair of plain black knee high jackboots. His name Adrian Brandt and he was chosen to speerhead the Servothian Diplomatic mission to Cygnar.
