Virginia Class

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Captain Jian Jie Deng looked up from the paper he was reading and scowled. "I must repeat, General. I do not like this… this arrangement. We can gain nothing from an alliance with these people… and we could lose so much."

General Han Do Liu shrugged, his broad face empty of emotion. "You do not have to like it, Captain. But you will follow orders."

"Of course… of course. But one is permitted to wonder if someone back home hasn't taken leave of all reason. These orders are nothing less than insane!"

"Captain Jian! You go too far!"

Jian looked away, letting his gaze rest on the rolling swell of the ocean below. The two men sat in Han's sparse and utilitarian office, at the north corner of a drab, industrial-style building constructed atop a wave-washed coral atoll. Just visible through the large windows, the main reason for the base rose from the azure water — a huge, flat-roofed enclosure covering the artificial harbor blasted out of solid coral and rock. The bright red flag of the People's Republic fluttered in the sea breeze from a mast above the heliport above the sheltered enclosure.

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