Rune Troopers: Volume 1 Chapter 1
Expeditionary Fleet Sails
On that day in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture the cloudy weather looked like it might rain.
For a ship leaving port it was somewhat depressing weather.
Hiroyuki Kuze of the Ground Self-Defense Force, lined up in perfect order at the railing with a subordinate, and looked down at the Yokosuka Maritime Self-Defense Force base before their eyes.
Because the deck of the transport was almost the same height as a four story building they had a commanding view of the wharves.
Drizzle lightly hit his cheek.
From the wharf could be heard the shrill voice of a female reporter for a TV station.
"Yes! This is the Yokosuka Maritime Self-Defense Forces base! Right now the fleet is sailing. Although called international cooperation, the fleet is sailing to join a so-called UN Peacekeeping force!"
She was speaking in a purposely tense voice that was well understood by Kuze.
Probably in the evening news, with heavy BGM[1], it will portray the Self-Defence force as "Dispatching Troops" to foreign countries.
"Sailing at this time is a transport vessel, and supply ships, defended by a state-of-the-art Aegis class Destroyer of the Maritime Self-Defense Force for a total of 5 ships. The transport vessel is said to have state-of-the-art tanks and military helicopters, and it is an 'operational unit' unlike any force dispatched in the past."
Translator's Notes and References
- ↑ Background music I believe
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