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// Meeting the New Hoof Navy 
// Story: German Battleship Bismarck 
// by cellum95 
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After their apparent rescue by the sailors of the German battleship Bismarck, the sailors of the Equestrian 2nd Fleet continues on with their journey, completely relieved that the pirates were completely defeated by the massive iron-grey 'water-carriage'. The sailors of the twenty-ship fleet looked on at the Bismarck, who was about seven miles away from them, but following them. They study the massive superstructure and found it completely different, and it was built for war in a way that this ship is capable of. 

They still have a long-way journey toward the Zebra nation, and with the protection granted by the Bismarck, they were completely confident that they could make it. The ships are now sailing confidently in the vast Equestrian Sea, but first, then need to resupply their food and water stocks. They need to find a port to resupply what they need, and going back to Manehattan is not a good idea. What is their best salvation, however, is the resupply docks near New Hoof City, just twenty miles north-east of their location. With the Admiral's orders, the ships turned to hard starboard, and to their very surprise, the mysterious savior ship turns as well, but keeps the distance. The ponies, when still off-duty, look at the Bismarck with fear, awe and maybe even inspirations. 

With just fifteen miles from New Hoof City, the ships go full speed thanks to the wind, except for the Bismarck, which was powered by fuel. Still, the ponies are keeping an eye out for the Bismarck, weary something might happen. Thankfully, nothing did happen to go wrong within the trip, so they relax. A few minutes or hours later, they finally reached New Hoof City Harbor. 


>New Hoof City Harbor<


New Hoof City Harbor is one of the most busiest ports ever in Equestria, and the only harbor that is technologically advance than any other harbor thanks to Mayor Call Hoof. He was responsible for making New Hoof City from a city of hard labor into a city of technology, something Manehattan is ashamed of. Only New Hoof City has ironclads, or battleships, in their Naval milita. Currently, only four of them are made, and others are still being planned upon. Thankfully, these ships have guns like the Bismarck, only four 12" guns, still deadly though. 

Upon arriving the harbor, the sailors of the Equestrian 2nd Fleet and the Bismarck dock in it, and they survey around to find something wonderful, for the Bismarck's crew of course. Four ships, designed like the Prinz Eugen, are harbored here in this harbor. The four ships docked here, NFN Call Hoof, NFN Hoof Park, NFN Sky Tower and NFN Asylum, are mostly armed to the teeth, but there is a big problem. This four ships have no AA Guns, making them exposed to air attacks. 

That being said though, the New Hoofans are also examining the Bismarck, and are equally impressed by the design of the battleship itself, and they planning to copy the design of the German superstructure. But when the crew goes out for the first time, they are shocked to see that the crew walked in two legs, in a bipedal fashion, and their naval uniforms are mixture of blue(ranking officer) and black(crew members). When the 2nd Fleet is now resupplied, they go out of the harbor and sets sail towards their goal. But for some reason, the Bismarck stayed behind, leaving the ponies getting an eye contact with the bipedal creatures. There was a lot them, literally staring at them. The Commanding Officer of the New Hoof 4th Fleet, Admiral Bluefoot, steps in, he asked:

"May I know who is the commanding officer of this ship?" For a miracle though, one of the crew members who knows English repeats the question in German, and two blue clothed commanding officers steps in, making the ponies gasped in shock to see the Admiral and the Captain. The member who knew English steps in as a translator for the commanding officers, and after Lutjens whispers the reply, he said:

"We are sir. May we know our location?"