Recaps

Lin Chenran secured a joint Arctic Shipping Lane agreement with Bear Country while advancing 077 Machinery Military Factory and 704 Shipyard projects. The arc ended with the Navy considering 704 Shipyard’s White Shark Frigate design, which Lin expected would win a substantial order.

• Lin Chenran signed a thermobaric bomb deal worth more than $500 million with Abdul, then attended the J-10 Fighter Jet’s successful maiden flight at Chengfei Military Industry Company.
• Lin Chenran discussed the Navy’s aircraft carrier plans with Old Wei and accepted the assignment to develop a third-generation carrier-based fighter for the Navy.
• Lin Chenran traveled to Vladivostok with Flame Nation’s delegation and proposed that Flame Nation and Bear Country jointly develop a year-round Arctic Shipping Lane, with the Far East Fleet involved.
• Lin Chenran and his delegation outdrank Bear Country’s negotiators at a banquet, then negotiated with Amis and Kovalevitch for three days before signing the Arctic Shipping Lane agreement.
• Lin Chenran announced the joint project with Situ Hua, then met national leaders, who praised his contribution as Flame Nation and Bear Country began discussing reduced border troop deployments.
• Lin Chenran returned to Linjiang Province, reviewed 077 Machinery Military Factory’s work, and went to 704 Shipyard to assess its White Shark Frigate and Four Emperors Cruiser proposals.
• Lin Chenran led 704 Shipyard’s team to the Navy bidding conference, where Sun Yong presented the White Shark Frigate and explained its domestic Hurricane diesel engines and capabilities.
• After Navy leaders questioned Sun Yong about the design, Lin Chenran told him the frigate was likely to be adopted and predicted an order of six to eight vessels.

Lin Chenran secured Navy contracts for 704 Shipyard’s frigates and cruisers, arranged construction partnerships, and welcomed Abdul’s delegation as Sha Country considered buying advanced warships. After a destroyer demonstration, Sha Country ordered a Star Light Aircraft Carrier and two Aegis missile destroyers, drawing international scrutiny and a new espionage assignment.

• The Navy approved 704 Shipyard’s White Shark Frigate and Four Emperors Cruiser designs, then reduced its orders to six frigates and three cruisers while also awarding Jiangnan Shipyard six frigates.
• Lin Chenran arranged for 704 Shipyard to build one cruiser and two frigates while outsourcing two frigates, and the shipyard began planning upgrades to several of its ships.
• Lin Chenran celebrated the 077 Group’s annual bonuses, spent Spring Festival with his family, and attended Lin Xuan and Zhang Wanjun’s wedding.
• Elder Huang asked 704 Shipyard to develop the Jiaolong Deep-sea Exploration and Rescue Submersible, and Lin Chenran promised delivery within a year and a half while launching an internal design competition.
• Lin Chenran offered Abdul’s Sha Country delegation downgraded Aegis missile destroyers and presented the Star Carrier light aircraft carrier design, including its aircraft and escort requirements.
• Elder Zhang approved the Sha Country delegation’s visit to the Linjiang, where Ouyang Jie demonstrated the destroyer’s missile strikes and close-in defenses.
• Sha Country ordered a Star Light Aircraft Carrier and two Aegis missile destroyers from 704 Shipyard, while foreign governments questioned Flame Nation’s carrier-building capacity and Shane Carl received orders to investigate Sha Country’s cooperation with Flame Nation.

Lin Chenran used the Zhuhai exhibition to promote 077 Machinery Military Factory’s weapons and exoskeleton armor, while advancing the Yun-10 and securing a carrier deal with Country A. The arc ended with Lin and Elder Huang preparing a redesigned second-generation strategic nuclear submarine for the navy.

• Valerie Burner warned Shane Carl that Sha Country’s new weapons would strengthen its position, and Shane ordered him to infiltrate Sha Country for intelligence as Lin Chenran agreed to bring 077 Machinery Military Factory’s products to Flame Nation’s weapons exhibition.
• Lin Chenran brought the factory’s advanced equipment to the Zhuhai Weapons and Equipment Exhibition, where its Dragon Shadow Fighter Jets performed and its Apocalypse Tanks impressed spectators.
• Lin Chenran presented the Divine Soldier Military Exoskeleton Armor, demonstrated its strength and mobility, and agreed to sell 200 sets to Abdul’s Sha Country delegation.
• Old Wei discussed buying the armor for Flame Nation’s special forces, and the exhibition concluded with $1 billion in intended purchases for 077 Machinery Military Factory.
• Lin Chenran and Ma Fengshan celebrated the delivery of five Yun-10 aircraft to Sichuan Airlines, while Flame Nation’s military bought four Yun-10 Airborne Early Warning Aircraft.
• Monte Brook approved Lucio Deco’s plan to undermine the Yun-10, but domestic airlines coordinated to resist McDonnell Douglas Company’s sales campaign, and Lin Chenran planned to seek foreign customers.
• Country A agreed to buy 704 Shipyard’s Star Light Aircraft Carrier, while Lin Chenran told Elder Zhang that Flame Nation could begin building an aircraft carrier in about three years and described plans for new naval ships.
• Lin Chenran warned Elder Huang that the second-generation nuclear submarine’s enlarged hull and unchanged power system would hurt stealth and speed, then proposed redesigning its Hydraulic Reactor and adding a second one.
• Lin Chenran and Elder Huang’s team produced a preliminary submarine design sketch after ten days, and Elder Huang presented it to Flame Nation Navy’s senior leadership.

Lin Chenran advanced submarine and missile projects, managed weapons sales to Da Mu Country and Lion Country, and led the 077 Machinery Military Factory into bomber upgrades and stealth aircraft development. The arc ended with Sha Country choosing two H-6 Modified Bomber plans and being shown the Stealth Fighter Jet concept.

• Elder Zhang approved the Second-generation Strategic Nuclear Submarine design and agreed to fund development of a new Hydraulic Reactor and the Julang Ballistic Missile project at 077 Machinery Military Factory.
• Lin Chenran welcomed Elder Lu and the Julang Ballistic Missile Design Team, whose members examined the missile’s failed launch problems and the factory’s special composite materials.
• Lin Chenran agreed to prepare the Julang-2 Ballistic Missile and arranged arms sales to both Da Mu Country and Lion Country, whose tensions soon escalated into a localized war fought largely with Flame-made weapons.
• Old Lin asked Lin Chenran to modernize the H-6 Bomber, and Lin assembled factory experts who developed upgrade plans featuring the Divine Bird Aero Engine.
• Lin Chenran assigned Ma Fengshan and Meng Chunping to lead stealth bomber and fighter development, then secured Air Force specialists and funding while proposing that Sha Country help finance the Stealth Fighter Jet.
• The Air Force approved exporting rejected H-6 Modified Bomber plans to Sha Country, and Lin Chenran negotiated a sixty-forty profit split in the factory’s favor.
• Abdul and Sha Country’s delegation chose the first H-6 Modified Bomber plan for their air force and the third for their navy, then reacted with astonishment when Meng Chunping presented the Stealth Fighter Jet concept.