Great East

Biodata

Background and History

When the Sky Pit appeared over the central Pacific, Great East's experts independently concluded that neither Great East nor the United States possessed the technology to create it. The state treated the phenomenon as an immediate security crisis, restricting the surrounding sea area as an “exercise” zone and mobilizing emergency, public-security, utility, and military personnel before the news became public. 8 9

Great East rapidly deployed carrier strike groups, Type 055 destroyers, and the 815A electronic-reconnaissance vessel to investigate and guard the Sky Pit. Alongside the United States, it was among the first powers capable of dispatching reconnaissance assets to the anomaly. 9 11

During the first aerial clashes with the alien civilization, Liaoning carrier pilots Zhang Peng and Liu Jun shot down three alien aircraft with allied coordination. The recovered wreckage made Great East the first country stated to have downed alien aircraft. 34

Military Capabilities

Operational Doctrine

• Great East initially pursues communication with the alien civilization before escalating to force, including modifying an 815A vessel with laser communications for contact attempts. 83 113
• Its forces adapted from radar-dependent combat toward laser radar, distributed-aperture sensing, networked targeting, and countermeasures against alien electromagnetic interference and laser weapons. 83 84
• The state maintains a principle of non-interference in other countries’ military operations, even while monitoring events near the Sky Pit. 119
• Great East’s stated strategic aim is defensive rather than global dominance: preserve maritime transport, expand land routes, and protect its own strategic space. 38

Industrial and Civil Mobilization

• Great East increased national support for aerospace manufacturing and accelerated development of private aerospace firms after the Sky Pit crisis. 87
• Its wartime mobilization emphasizes placing unemployed civilians into factories—particularly drone production—rather than sending them directly to the front. 180
• Civil-engineering students were mobilized to construct defensive fortifications and “Doomsday Fortresses,” while displaced mechanical workers returned to factories to expand production. 181
• Wartime demand raised wages in weapons-related industries and drove a major increase in imports, exports, and arms production. 181
• Stable access to energy and raw materials is treated as essential to sustaining its role as the world’s primary supplier of weapons and ammunition. 175 198

Strategic Position

• Great East’s planners consider Japan and the ASEAN countries a geographic buffer between the mainland and the Pacific threat, unlike the United States’ exposed west coast. 36
• If Pacific sea lanes are cut, it can still rely on Eurasian land routes, including cooperation with Russia on the Arctic shipping route. 38 58
• Its forces later expanded strategic depth through operations involving Pacific islands and bases around the Ryukyu region. 216 249
• The state views the Indian Ocean as necessary for securing diversified maritime energy supplies and has cooperation arrangements involving ports in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. 198

Relations

• United States — A strategic competitor and fellow anti-alien power. Both investigated the Sky Pit, but their relationship is marked by rivalry, mutual observation, and eventual U.S. requests for cooperation under alien pressure. 11 119 245
• Russia — A partner in the Arctic shipping route and an overland source of energy and resources. 58 198
• Saudi Arabia — Shifted toward Great East for security and trade, offering a 50 billion military order, increased energy exports, and a request to purchase 36 J-10 aircraft. 167
• United Arab Emirates and Qatar — Submitted preliminary military-procurement letters of intent alongside broader Gulf defense cooperation. 175
• Middle Eastern states — Receive weapons through oil-for-arms arrangements; Great East also dispatched reconnaissance assets and Dongfeng-26 missiles when Type 3 craft appeared in the Arabian Sea. 186 353
• Alien civilization — Initially approached through reconnaissance and attempted communication, then fought as an existential military threat after repeated attacks and incursions. 83 113 370

Major Operations

Sky Pit Crisis

Great East investigated the Sky Pit, imposed exclusion measures around it, and deployed naval forces for reconnaissance and guard duties. Its early response combined public-order preparations, carrier deployments, and high-altitude surveillance. 9 11

First Alien Engagements

Liaoning-based aviation achieved the first documented alien shootdowns, recovering wreckage for study. The resulting battlefield data informed Great East’s emerging combat doctrine and countermeasures. 34 41

First Direct Contact

The Type 054B Luohe recovered an alien life pod during a storm. Great East warships protected the vessel while the captured alien was transported to the mainland, marking humanity’s first direct contact with an alien individual. 131

Arabian Sea Response

When Type 3 alien craft appeared in the Arabian Sea, Great East alerted nearby states, deployed reconnaissance drones and Yun-20 aircraft, and launched Dongfeng-26 anti-ship ballistic missiles through its rapid-reaction forces. 186

Guam and Pacific-Island Operations

Great East assembled a naval force around Type 076, Type 071, Type 054A vessels, cargo ships, unmanned systems, and Marine Corps units for operations against alien forces on Guam. The campaign was intended to expand its Pacific strategic depth by more than 2,000 kilometers. 249 252

Sky Pit Assault and Extraterrestrial Strike

Great East committed most of its principal naval forces, carrier aviation, Dongfeng missiles, Yingji hypersonic missiles, and thousands of ship-launched missiles to a campaign-level strike on the Sky Pit. It subsequently sent over 80 carrier-based aircraft, drone formations, and loitering munitions through the anomaly to attack the alien civilization beyond it. 356 359 360 361

The operation severed the alien civilization’s bridge to Earth, temporarily ending the immediate extraterrestrial threat and establishing Great East as the dominant power of the new era. 370