Japanese Diplomatic Mission to Mu

**Japanese Diplomatic Mission to Mu** is first contact with Mu where the Japanese envoys send a delegation in order to begin preparations for diplomatic negotiations.

## Events leading to the Diplomatic Mission

The Mu information analysis division was the country’s intelligence agency; it analyzed information gathered from various countries. Mu Technical Officer Myrus broke out into a cold sweat while analyzing the magic photographs of the attack on Leiforia conducted by the Gra Valkas Empire’s super-dreadnought *Grade Atlastar* after Naval Battle of Leifor. Shockingly, he felt the Gra Valkas Empire might be more scientifically advanced than Mu. The Mu was only average in the world in terms of magic technology; they had come to discover the wonders of science, so they focused more on machinery and scientific advancement. He groaned, lamenting Mu’s uncertain future.

Then, there was this other picture of another country’s warship, though they were very far from Mu and shouldn’t have any direct impact on them. East of the civilized areas, there was a war between the Louria Kingdom and the Qua-Toyne Principality. According to the informant who provided this photograph, this was the ship *Myoukou* from the country Japan. This Japanese ship was also enormous with single cannon, which maybe was capable of rapid-fire, but Gra Valkas’ super-dreadnought *Grade Atlastar* was equipped with many cannons. He couldn’t comprehend the design philosophy at all. Unknown to him, Japanese ships had guided missiles equipped in their vertical launch-capable cells and launchers.

The Japan Government learned about Mu, a country located 21,000 km to the very far west of the Mu continent by the information from the Qua–Toyne Principality and other countries. Mu belonged to the Second Civilization Area and was considered one of the world’s five Superpowers.

The Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to send a delegation to Mu for requesting to open diplomatic relations by traveling the long sea on the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship.

## Urgent Meeting

Technical Officer Myrus was surprised to receive an urgent call from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs telling him to go to the Ainank Airport. He arrived at the room at the Ainank Airport Air Force Base and met two members of the military and a pair of diplomats. They requested him an investigation of an unknown country and its technology. He believed in the Gra Valkas Empire, but not what diplomats told him. They informed him that newcomers were a newly-emerged country where a white boat appeared in the ocean east of Mu. The Mu Navy was sent to receive it, and it appeared as a special envoy from Japan aboard requesting to open diplomatic relations with Mu. While there was nothing rare about a country wanting to form ties with them, the concern was their ship did not have any sails. The magical detectors detected nothing, so it was not a magic-powered ship. They believed it was a ship powered by machinery.

The Mu military members and diplomats requested a rendezvous at Ainank Airport, to show off their technology to them, and they requested permission to fly there as well. When they asked whether the Japanese would arrive on a wyvern, in hopes of perhaps gleaning some information about the geography of their country, they responded that, if it was acceptable, the Japanese would come by aircraft.

Myrus was surprised when they told him that the Japanese used a flying machine that they have never seen like it. Their method of flight differed from Mu. According to their envoys, Japan was located outside the Civilized Areas, east of the Philades Continent. But the technology behind the mechanical aircraft they brought makes them far more advanced than the Parpaldia Empire. The Mu diplomatic conference would be in one week, so Myrus had been assigned to take care of Japanese diplomats, brought them sightseeing, and showed them Mu level of technology while he tried to grasp theirs.

Since this work was mostly of information analysis, technology officer Myrus felt his technology-loving spirit shake from excitement. He wanted to see what kind of unknown aircraft was the Japanese brought. The four men simultaneously stood up and dispersed. The diplomat, who had made to leave, suddenly turned around, almost forgetting to tell him that Japan’s flying machine was parked on the east side of the airport. Keeping in check his excitement, Myrus ran over to the east side of the airport and took a look at it.

## Flying Machine Investigation

Upon arriving at the east side of the Ainank Airport, Myrus saw that a huge crowd had already amassed there. Maintenance workers, aircraft development heads, air traffic controllers, and other base personnel have gathered to gawk at what Myrus wanted to take a look at it. He stood dumbfounded in front of the Japanese parked aircraft. A propeller on top of the helicopter seemed to spin it to make it fly. Since the top of the wing bulges out, the air on top had to travel a longer distance in the same amount of time as the bottom of the wing, meaning the flow of air is faster on top. It created an air pressure difference between the top and bottom of the wing, generating lift.

However, a flying machine would need an extremely powerful engine. In addition, when the propeller spun, they needed to address how the vehicle body tried to spin in the opposite direction. Maybe that was counteracted by the small propeller attached in the rear, but it should require a lot of fine output adjustments to reach equilibrium. All in all, this was a very complicated vehicle to construct. Mu’s engines weren’t powerful enough for them to attempt to build Japan’s helicopter.

Myrus simply stared up, stock-still, at the helicopter in a cold sweat. At the very least, he had to admit that Japan’s engines were superior to Mu’s, which seemed be impossible to build with an indigenous Mu engine since it lacked the necessary horsepower.

## Air Tour Guide

On his way to the reception area, Myrus reached the envoys’ room and met Japanese diplomat Misono and his assistant Saeki from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He led them to the airport’s hangar. Inside the hangar, a biplane was beholden to the sight of a white aircraft with blue stripes, sporting two machine guns, fixed wheels, and a cover to reduce air resistance. He explained to them about Mu’s premier, state-of-the-art biplane, Marin. From how shiny and polished it was, it was clear that this was a well-loved and maintained machine. It was Mu latest combat model, the Marin. It was faster than a wyvern lord at 380 kph. It’s also more powerful than wyvern lords in aerial combat. Myrus looked at the reactions of Misono and Saeki, who were looking at the Marin with mouths wide open and astonished faces. Saeki got excited when he saw Marin's proper radial, reciprocating engine as retro.

Myrus was bothered by Saeki’s labeling of the Marin and asked Misono if there were any other options besides the reciprocating engine. Misono told him Japan has a purpose-built, high-output engine for flight known as a “jet engine.” They also have their reciprocal engine models, but the functional steam engines were relics they kept around for preserving old trains. Then Misono explained to Myrus about the jet engine, which can reach speeds Mach 2.5, or two and half times the speed of sound, and passenger plane cruise at about 850 kph. It appeared that Japan may have aircraft technology that far surpassed Mu’s. Myrus continued prodding to confirm whether this was the case. The design and principles were quite simple. If Japan form ties, he would be able to purchase all the information he needs from their bookstores. However, because of the New World Technology Outflow Prevention Act, the method to create materials to withstand the combustion temperature required for a high-powered engine cannot be publicized. Myrus was speechless that they could break the speed of sound as impossible.

Myrus led them outside the hangar, and an automobile parked and awaited them. He was going to show it off to them as he took them back to the hotel, but all he felt was dread. Misono and Saeki boarded the vehicle nonchalantly. When he asked them that Japan also has cars, Saeki responded last collected data three years ago, but back then there were about fifty-nine million passenger cars in active use in Japan. Myrus believed their roads must be completely clogged with million cars, but Misono told them there was called a traffic signal system.

Myrus was exhausted, mentally. Traveling through leveled roads, the luxury hotel finally came to view. After the driver had stopped in front of the entrance, the three men entered the hotel. Myrus told them that he would go over Mu's history and navy. After a brief rundown of how to use the room’s functions and the various etiquettes, he saw the Misono and Saeki to their rooms before leaving the hotel.

## Mu Important Historical Facts

In the next day, the Japanese envoys were brought to the Mu Museum of History. Myrus began to lecture them smoothly. He pointed to a world globe of the old Earth where happened twelve thousand years, when a phenomenon they now called the Great Continental Transference occurred what is now known as the continent of Mu was transported to this world from their former planet. Misono gasped at the familiar geographic patterns.

The continent there was called Atlantis were definitely Earth’s where Antarctica must not have been covered in ice.  After Mu was being transitioned into the New World, the Mu had assumed that Atlantis now probably ruled the entire world which their ancestors left behind. They even believed that their old ally, Yamuto had been taken over by their rival. Myrus pointed to four large islands that were gathered near the supercontinent of Eurasia that this country called Yamuto which was one of their former allies. Misono told him that Japan came from planet Earth where the four islands Myrus pointed to were actually their country.

So the Misono would have the best material to describe their country and home world with the current maps of Japan and a Mercator projection map of Earth to Myrus. The projection map certainly looked similar to the globe, a map of their former world without the Mu continent on it. Myrus was stunned. Japan, the current incarnation of Yamuto, in the original world, the continent of Atlantis faded into legend and sank it into the ocean twelve thousand years ago. Atlantis continent appeared becoming what they called Antarctica had happened because the axis of the planet shifted.

Following that interruption, Myrus finished summarizing Mu’s history. The confusion after being transported, conflict with neighboring countries, the discovery that they were inferior in magical capabilities, their decision to pursue machinery over magic, and finally becoming the second-most powerful country in the world. While it sounded like Mu suffered a lot after transferring, it was still amazing for a single country to independently develop cars and aircraft.

## Navy Tour Guide

After the history lesson was over, the Japanese envoys were taken to one of the navy’s bases. They were intent on showing off their power as a world superpower and as the strongest or second-strongest navy. The Mu Navy’s new battleship *La Kasami* was visible, anchored at the port. It had two pairs of 30.5cm cannons.

Misono believed that did look exactly like the memorialized battleship *Mikasa* which was launched from a hundred and ten years ago. If Mu kept working on this ship for another one hundred and ten years, it would certainly undergo a dramatic evolution. He was loath to admit it, but Japan’s technology was considerably more advanced than Mu’s.

Myrus wondered why did their warship only have one cannon equipped on it what he remembered Japan’s warship that was magically photographed in the Louria Kingdom. He decided to try probing for the answer that Japan also has battleships.

Japan also had a splendid battleship last about seventy years ago. However, Japan was defeated in that World War, then as time passed and Japan had not built any new battleships since. That explained it; after suffering a defeat in the war, Japan was no longer allowed to produce battleships. Then, since their world was at peace, there was no need for them. He asked Misono that after Japan had transferred to a new world, they would have any plans to launch any battleships in the future. Japan had no plan to build any of the battleships at all.

Myrus didn’t believe that the ship with only one gun was stronger than the battleship. He was convinced they came from a peaceful world where there was no need for money-sinks like battleships. Iterative success was necessary for the advancement of technology. If they haven’t made any for seventy years, in all likelihood battleships could be considered “lost technology” for them. It was really hard for him to say whether or not they could be a threat.

## Aftermath

After Myrus finished showing off Mu’s technology, he submitted a report to his superiors. While there were many details that were hard to swallow, overall the evaluation was that Japan was not hostile, and they had access to advanced technology. Because of the imminent threat of the Gra Valkas Empire, they had no reason to refuse Japan’s request for friendship, so it was decided that Mu would open diplomatic relations with Japan.

However, the Japanese government had declared war on Parpaldia Empire after Nishinomiyako Massacre. Because Mu had ties to both the Parpaldia Empire and Japan, Mu decided to request to send their observers to Japan for observation, investigation and information which they believed Japan had an advanced machine-based society and technology surpassing Mu and Parpaldia Empire.

For more detail, see: Mu Observation Mission to Japan

## Gallery

Japanese diplomat Misono and his assistant Saeki traveled to Mu on the Japan Coast Guard patrol boat.Technical officer Myrus traveled to the Ainank Air Force Base on Mu's taxi car.Technical officer Myrus met two military officers in the room at the Ainank Air Base. They requested him an investigation of the emerging country and their technology.Two Mu military officers showed Myrus the picture of the Japan Coast Guard patrol boat.Technical officer Myrus stood dumbfounded in front of the Japanese EC225LP helicopter hover flying.Technical officer Myrus was surprised and shocked by a propeller on top of the Japanese EC225LP helicopter that seemed spinning it to make it fly.Japanese diplomat Misono and his assistant Saeki arrived at the Ainank Air Base from the parked EC225LP helicopter.Misono and Saeki were looking at Mu's biplane Marin in the airport’s hangar.Misono gave Myrus an aviation book before the conference. Myrus read it with a picture of a Mitsubishi F-15J fighter with no propellers.Myrus led Misono and Saeki to a Mu’s car parked outside of the airport.Misono and Saeki arrived at the Mu Historical Museum from the hotel. The museum staff welcomed them.Myrus lectured Misono and Saeki about the Great Continental Transference and Atlantis twelve thousand years ago.Myrus placed a globe prepared by museum staff on top of a table.Misono and Saeki were both fixated in complete surprise on a globe, which was the Earth.Myrus guided Misono and Saeki to the naval base where Mu Navy’s new battleship La Kasami was docked.