United States explained Carmania everything that has been going on in the Pacific, along with the discovery of a KAN-SEN murder by one's own sister. This was a shock to the retired ocean liner KAN-SEN as while they can't be trialled under human law, this would be an exemption. By the time the Attack Transport was done, Carmania summoned the destroyers over.
Carmania: Chinese destroyers. Come here.
An Shan and Tai Yuan: (Walk over) You... wanted us?
Carmania: Yes. United States just mentioned what happened with your other sisters and I'm absolute appalled by just behaviour. This "Chang Chun" of a sister of yours needs to be brought to justice.
US: That's the thing, we can't, not with the war and all. China will just say it's "typical American lies" as usual.
Tan Yang: They said that about Russia in Ukraine. That didn't go well for them, didn't it?
An Shan: No, it didn't.
Carmania: While me and my sister Caronia had some bad blood because of different machinery in our ships, we still loved each other.
Tai Yuan: What became of her?
Carmania: Ah... the virus from no less than five years ago got her. A fair amount of merchant KAN-SEN in the UK were lost to it too. There aren't many of us KAN-SEN of 1900s-1920s vessels left.
Tai Yuan: Oh...
Tan Yang: My condolences.
Carmania: Well, my big sister's now in a better place now. May she rest in everlasting peace. Right, how are we going to rescue that one being held by their sister?
US: If so, it'll be dangerous as this will be deep inside enemy territory. I feel this will be an operation for Seal Team 6 or Delta Force as this will require the elite of the elite.
An Shan: Makes sense, but how would they get through? Air drop would be out of the idea. The People's Republic Army Air Force would shoot any plane out of the sky.
Carmania: Good point. PRAAF will be an issue.
US: Hold on but... Carmania, you're retired.
Carmania: I've still got some spring in these old turbines, and this. (Gets up and heads to a wooden wardrobe. Opens it to reveal old-fashioned Siren War era rigging)
Tai Yuan: You kept your old rigging?!
Tan Yang: First time seeing a merchant KAN-SEN's rigging before.
An Shan: Still doesn't explain why you want to help in an active role.
Carmania: Youngster... (Putting on her elderly rigging) ...back in my day, we were given a choice; retire or be in reserve. Once a member of the Royal Navy Reserve, always an RNR.
US: You're mad, Carmania. What if you get killed?
Carmania: Don't worry about me. Remember, I lost my sister to Covid back in 2021. If I die, it means I'll be reunited with Caronia. Right, let's get moving.
US: Oh... for fuck sake.
Carmania: And don't let me get the soap to wash your mouth out either, United States!
Carmania led the girls back to the main Royal Navy headquarters in Portsmouth, bringing a grumbling United States with them. While the old Cunard KAN-SEN didn't really mean it as while she also swore like a sailor, she knew the "Big U" was old enough that she didn't someone to mother her. They walked into the main building where the war room was and there were a heap of KAN-SEN present, many of them retirees from the Second Siren War and even a few from the First Siren War that had survived the virus only a few short years back. They soon approached an office with a brass plaque reading "HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (00) on it.
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Out Of Many, Always Be One: Voyage Of The United States
FanfictionOriginally a rusted relic from a glorious age of American post-war prosperity and the crowning jewel of the nation, the former liner SS United States is taken and commissioned into Eagle Union as an Attack Transport and with the onset of what could...
