Besides the ships that are dedicated for planetary defense you will be getting your original squadron of ten heavy cruisers, as well as 100 strike fig...ters, which I will have detached to your temporary command here. Your job is to mop up anything that gets by us should that situation arise. Any questions?" Sethton asked."No, Sir. I understand. I just wish I could be out there with my men and woman," Maxine said with a sigh."I know. It's one of the first things we learn as officers. We send our. R.r.r.A.a.a.a.a.P.p.p.p.E.e.e is absolutely a feeling the crew would just as soon not experience a second time ... and of a certainty ... it was in the deep dark of the night when the behemoth decided to rid itself of a few barnacles.In the morning, the evidence was plainly seen. Starboard side was devoid of weed and creature. Bow to stern was paint ... nearly like First Paint before the launch.Then there were the sharks. The Middle sea is inhabited by the hammerhead species ... and they. Fresh, spring growth had only just begun to add to the accumulation. Only a small door on one side of the barn was free of the web of vines. In front of the barn were an old fashioned hand pump and a hitching post made of metal pipes anchored in cement.Rivers brought the car to a stop in front of the pump. He got out and opened the door on John's side."Ok, Beanpole, you wanted out. Now, get your sorry, goth ass out." Where are we?" John asked fearfully. They were alone. There didn't seem to be. "It's very difficult to know," Ellen replied. "Civil war broke out in North Korea after the strikes. The U.S. bombs targeted the North Korean military, sparing many millions of women in the cities... The women finally rebelled against all the insanity... Went to war against the remaining males... A gender war! The first one in recorded history... There was mass slaughter of the males, and then the war spread to South Korea... The males were killed there too... Things have been quiet for about.