27th March 1660
Manila Bay, United States of the Philippines
Captain Marc Anthony Lopez, wearing a traditional sherwani, sat drinking coconut juice in a stall in front of the three Guwahati-class armed merchant ships docked at the harbour. The cranes were loading all the containers, while the sailors, technicians, engineers, artisans, and officers were steadily loading their personal belongings.
It had been a few months since Marc Anthony came back, and it was already time for him to go on another voyage. This time, he not only had command over three separate ships but was also responsible for transporting artisans and engineers from the Bharatiya Empire, who would be working in the new Spanish colony, Mexico.
Moments later, three young Bharatiya men dressed in white naval attire approached the stall he was sitting in and saluted.
