"Radar contact! Count is eight, no, ten, eleven, twelve, continuously increasing! Signal strength is at battleship level!"
"IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) has no response!"
"Immediately confirm ship classification and national affiliation!"
"Ship classification identified! Two Digei Truan-Class floating cruisers, six La Galissonnière-Class floating cruisers, eight Kōsō-Class floating destroyers! Fifteen small torpedo boats! It's the Republic's main fleet!"
Glancing at the optical images of the fleet flying the Republic's tricolor flag and the red triangular flag (symbolizing fight to the death), Victoria bent slightly and asked:
"Were they also in your calculations?"
"My contingency plans include everything from the Republic joining the war to a full-scale world war."
"Do you intend to be enemies with two-thirds of the world's countries?"
"Why not?"
"It's a world war."
"Indeed, it is a world war, and the Empire and I must face all nations alone."
