15th September 1939
King Haakon VII, General Ljungberg, Major-General Riiser-Larsen, Prime Minister Nygaardsvold and Foreign Minister Koht are in conference discussing Project Prometheus.
"What we need for this are paratroopers!" The King declared.
"Para-what-a-hopers?" Ljunberg asked
"Soldiers who jump out of aircraft, with parachutes on, and surprise the enemy, that's just what we need."
"But none of our planes can carry more than two people." Riiser-Larsen interjected.
"Who said anything about planes?" The King said enigmatically.
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Meanwhile Kaptein Kenneththegreat was reviewing his troops. It didn't take long. It was a shame he'd had to leave Menig HateThemCommies behind, he was short of men. But he couldn't trust an ethnic Swede with this mission.
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"It's madness! Such a scheme could never work!" Nygaardsvold wasn't impressed with the King's plan.
"It already has worked." The King replied
"How?!"
"Explain it to them Koht." The King said.
"Well we picked it up cheap in a sale, refitted it with helium for safety and job done really."
"Doesn't that mean less lifting power?" Riiser-Larsen asked
"Yes, but we just ditched the engine and that saved enough weight." Koht explained.
"But how does it move without engines?" The confused Riiser-Larsen questioned.
"That's the really cunning part." The King told him.
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"Time to target Løytnant?" Kenneththegreat asked.
"Two minutes." Stroph replied back.
"Right. Platoon get ready, suit up and check your chutes."
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"Even if that craft works, which I doubt, the entire project is lunacy! This country is neutral!" Nygaardsvold shouted
"Well so are they, so what's the problem?"
"Such an act could be considered an act of war your highness." Koht explained.
"Ahhh. But they're neutral so they can't join wars. And we're neutral, so we can't comit acts of war. That's the whole idea." The King pointed out.
"I'm not sure that's a particularly good legal defence your highness. In fact I'm not sure it makes any sense."
"It doesn't?"
Koht thought about it
"No." He finally replied.
"Ah well, worth a shot. Anyway it's too late to complain now. They left this morning and should be over the target by now." The King explained looking at his watch.
"WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" Nygaardsvold's voice hit such levels that the guard dogs outside the room started to whine in pain.
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"Jump, jump, jump!" The Kapteins voice rang out through the gondola as 2nd platoon, Kp1 company parachuted onto the unsuspecting target.
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"Your majesty do you realise what you've done!" Nygaardsvold screamed.
"Yes. I've sent a platoon of the HMKG into Sweden inside a horse drawn zeppelin for a secret mission. We've been discussing it all afternoon, do try and keep up Nygaardsvold." The King sighed to himself.
The Fearsome Norwegian Horse Drawn Zeppelin
Where are the paratroopers landing? Can the HMKG suceed in their mission? What
is their mission? All this and more next time!