Damn the World, Ride a Submarine - Chapter 61



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Episode 61 – A Bigger Ship

Headquarters (National Intelligence Service) Deputy Director Lee’s voice returned to its usual booming voice.

“ha ha ha. “You make it impossible to refuse this friend.”

“yes yes. “You came here once last time, so it won’t be that awkward.”

“But what is there for me to do?”

“You know. Yes or no. “You can go fishing and sometimes give me advice when it’s important.”

“Thank you. Representative Lee…”

After a moment of silence over the phone, Deputy Director Lee continued speaking.

“Thank you! thank you. “I’m even happier that I’m still useful.”

“yes yes. I’ll see you in Tawi-Tawi then.”

My heart felt lighter.

Although it started off as a bad relationship with Deputy Director Lee, I wanted to make up for what he had endured in order to turn the bad relationship into a relationship.

And he thought that Humint, which he had created over a long period of time, would also be a sufficient asset to OSS.

– HUMan INTelligence: Human information asset –

Then, I started taking care of the things I had been putting off, one by one.

I confirmed the report on the acquisition of a cruise ship company sent by Director Jeong Si-woon. Money wasn’t an issue though.

Even if the acquisition process was completed, a considerable amount of time was required to change the existing route and launch a flight to Korea.

In particular, processing customers and reserved boarding passes on cruise ships currently in operation was difficult.

At first, I thought it would be a multiple of compensation, but there were many troublesome issues, including lawsuits.

It was impossible to just drop the passengers anywhere. In the end, the conclusion was that there was not much difference from building a new ship.

We decided to completely revise the plan.

In the end, I decided to build a new cruise ship. We chose one of the methods suggested by Director Jeong Si-woon in his report.

His suggestion was this:

Although it usually takes at least 2 to 3 years to build a new cruise ship, the idea was to acquire a ship that has already been ordered and scheduled for delivery.

It was said that there was a cruise ship ordered by Germany’s AIDA Cruises from Japan’s MHI (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) with a construction period of more than 20 months.

Coincidentally, Germany’s AIDA Cruises is experiencing liquidity difficulties due to the global recession and increased fuel costs.

It was predicted that negotiation would be possible if a small premium was offered to the cruise ship construction cost.

If we take over the ship like that, we can have a cruise ship in just 6 months. Moreover, the fact that she was being built nearby in Japan was an advantage.

He estimated the total project cost to be 400 to 600 billion won.

I immediately sent a message to Director Jeong Si-woon at the Ukraine OSS Liaison Office.

The plan was to begin negotiations for the acquisition of a cruise ship being built by MHI Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

The shipping company was Germany, so it wasn’t too far from Ukraine.

The specifications of the cruise ship to be delivered to Germany’s AIDA Cruises were slightly upgraded specifications from the AIDAperla delivered to Germany in 2017.

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Length: 330.5m

Width (beam): 37.9m

Total tonnage: 131,000 tons

Number of cabins: 2138

(Most rooms have a balcony)

Passenger Capacity:

4008 regular passengers / 700 crew members

Speed: 21.5 knots (approximately 40 km/h)

Propulsion and electrical system: Diesel electric propulsion + LNG power

Facilities :

15 restaurants, 14 bars, 5 saunas,

4D cinema, nightclub, fitness facility,

Mini golf course, spa, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, onboard brewing and distilling facilities, children’s amenities, and domed beach club.

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The name of the ship has not been decided yet.

What caught my eye among the facilities was the dome-shaped beach club with an open roof so that you could feel the beach atmosphere regardless of the weather.

I haven’t revealed my thoughts yet. My idea was to accept less than 20% of the regular passengers.

We plan to operate a cruise ship for OSS and OSL employees and their families.

Normally, it would be used for rest and vacation for executives and employees. In special circumstances, we plan to evacuate and accommodate their families at the same time.

and

In addition, we decided to build an Expeditionary Mobile Base (ESB).

The ESB expeditionary base ship was a very large base ship comparable to an aircraft carrier, of which the US Navy only had four ships.

Although it was a shame that it wasn’t nuclear power. It is the most realistic alternative in the current situation, and it is also a ship type that can be built quickly at Hanwha Ocean.

Usually, crude oil tanks are built by lifting them out of the hull of a large oil tanker, but we were considering making them larger than the U.S. Navy’s ESB and building two ESBs at the same time.

I’ve always been interested in Jahre Viking.

Due to maintenance costs and stability due to its large size, it was a legendary ship that changed hands several times and was dismantled in 2010.

It was the world’s largest oil tanker, with a length of 458.5 m, longer than the Eiffel Tower, and a displacement of 657,000 tons. (In terms of displacement, the record has not yet been broken.)

I thought it would be suitable for the ARK to use such a large ship as a mobile base ship. Of course it’s a crazy idea.

Since Samsung Heavy Industries had a track record of building the Prelude, a 488m long offshore plant ship, it did not seem impossible.

(At the time of launch, it was the largest offshore structure in the world. This ship extracted gas from the Prelude, an ocean gas field.)

The problem was the time it took to build the ship.

If you put that much time and effort into it, wouldn’t it be possible to build an aircraft carrier? I thought about it for a moment. But it was not a problem that could be solved with money.

Even if you have a boat.

It was not easy to acquire the capabilities for operation, and without proper aircraft, it was mana.

The first priority was to determine the specifications of an ESB mobile base ship suitable for OSS and begin construction.

It seemed like I would have to go back to Sinheung Camp and discuss with the captains of each ship to make a decision. The specifications of the helicopter and various charities that would be operated together also seemed important.

Before that, I shared this idea with Vice President Jin Min-gyu. He asked for related preparations. He answered indifferently.

“All right. CEO.”

He answered so calmly that I was surprised.

In fact, he flew to Russia alone, signed a contract to build a nuclear-powered submarine, was detained in a dormitory, and suffered bullet-riddled chaos.

I turned around and called him again.

“Vice President!”

“yes. What is it again this time? CEO. ”

“Please check out the Chinook helicopter.”

“What is that, a big military helicopter with two rotors?”

“yes.”

“Where will you put that?”

“Ah, it can be accommodated on the flight deck of ship number 9.”

“yes. All right. haha.”

“And by all means, the latest CH-47F.”

“Yes, CH-47F.”

The Chinook helicopter could also land on the deck of a submarine. And the U.S. Navy also used Chinook helicopters to supply nuclear submarines.

I thought it would be cumbersome for the 9th ship to get close to the ARK, which does not need refueling, every time and resupply it at sea.

After dealing with the things that were tickling a corner of my mind one by one. I binge-watched the news that had been delayed.

The world seemed to be realizing change little by little. The abnormal weather that felt like it wasn’t coming tomorrow seemed to be becoming a reality for each of us.

Before the full-scale winter arrived, the unstable atmosphere seemed to be warning humanity of unpredictable heavy rain and abnormally high temperatures.

The reality in Korea was no different. The title of the article that represented that was as follows.

[This year was the last summer when I could wear short sleeves.]

International energy prices were hitting record highs every day. Tensions between countries surrounding energy resources were literally at a peak.

– Paradoxically, the asset management team with the risk scope in hand was increasing my money. –

Many European countries were clearly looking at Russia, which was holding gas pipe valves in its hands ahead of winter.

Ukraine was continuing its weary and lonely fight.

The most worrying news came from China.

Perhaps they haven’t learned a lesson from spraying strange things into the stratosphere to accelerate climate change… An announcement was made that they would build a dam bigger than the Three Gorges Dam.

The plan was to build an unprecedented dam with a storage capacity of 130 billion cubic meters by blocking the entire Yangtze River Three Gorges area in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

In terms of water storage volume, it was three times the size of the Three Gorges Dam.

Many scientists said they could not estimate the impact on the environment, but as always, the Chinese Communist Party seemed to be pushing it.

The way it announced its policies was reminiscent of Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward. The Great Leap Forward that caused at least 20 million people to starve to death.

The bigger problem was that the Yangtze River Three Gorges were an area prone to earthquakes.

In addition, the waterway that starts from the Tibetan Plateau, flows through the Yangtze River to the Mekong River, extends to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.

It’s like Russia shutting off gas pipe valves.

was another big threat.

Analysis continued that there was even a direct impact on Korea’s West Sea.

Changes in the pattern of deposits from the Yangtze River into the sea could cause serious changes not only to fish stocks but also to the ocean ecosystem.

suddenly.

I was preparing for the world to fall, but the Earth was already slowly falling apart.

When I think about it again, it wasn’t slow.

It’s just that humans feel that decades are slow.

It was clear that it was collapsing rapidly compared to the Earth’s 4.6 billion year age.

Nevertheless, the survival time had to be increased by the amount of time that humans would feel.

Before we go back to the Stone Age.

While my thoughts were racing, the ARK had already passed the Indian Ocean.

It was passing between Denpasar and Mataram in Bali, Indonesia, above Australia.

A simple route was chosen to make the most of ARK’s speed. Now we were supposed to cross the Bali Sea.

After passing the Bali Sea and reaching the Celebes Sea, Tawi-Tawi, the tip of the Philippines, was our emerging camp.

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Arriving at the coast of Tawi Tawi Island, the ARK revealed its majestic appearance on the water. And she slowly headed to the dock of Shinheung Camp.

As usual, many people were at the dock to meet us, and they were all waving.

Looking ahead at the triumphant appearance of the crew and OSS members on the bridge and deck of the ARK, and the wave of welcoming crowds filling the dock.

I thought of Caesar’s army winning and improving in the Gallic War.

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Cruise Ship – AIDAperla

Jar Viking bigger than a large tanker

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