The US military base on Okinawa.
Okinawa held the strategic chokepoint between the East China Sea and the Western Pacific. It housed all four branches of the US military-the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps-with nearly thirty thousand troops, two-thirds of all US personnel stationed in Japan.
At that moment, the base commander was pacing anxiously around the command room.
"Still no word from the USS Florida?" he asked the adjutant beside him.
"Not yet, sir!"
"How long has it been since the scheduled contact time?"
"Fifteen minutes!"
"That long? No, we can't wait any longer. Send fighters along their route immediately and try to establish contact!"
"Yes, sir!"
Beep, beep! A radar operator stared at the alert on his screen, froze for a moment, then snapped out of it and shouted, "Unidentified flying object entering our airspace!"
Everyone present froze. "What?"
This was the US military base on Okinawa. Since its establishment, no foreign force had ever intruded. Who would dare poke this tiger?
"What unidentified flying object? Type, speed, bearing?" he demanded.
"Range, two hundred kilometers. Altitude, three thousand meters! Approaching at two hundred kilometers per hour! Type unknown, but... but its radar signature is extremely unstable! Some kind of stealth equipment seems to be interfering with it! One thing's certain, though-the target is enormous! Bigger than any known aircraft!" the radar operator said incredulously.
"Huh?" The commander's heart lurched.
An aircraft that big, and we only detected it at two hundred kilometers? Is this... radar stealth? Could it be... the Ghost Captain?!
Is this because of the USS Florida? Is he planning to start a war?
An ominous feeling crept over him, and sweat beaded on his forehead. "Sound the air-raid sirens immediately! Scramble the Air Force units! And launch two short-range missiles to test the