Author's Notes

It is the year 2030. The crew of the RSS Stalwart and the RSS Valour are patrolling the South China Sea while monitoring Chinese Navy fleet movement in the Spratly Islands. With tensions between China and Singapore at an all-time high and at the brink of war, the men and women serving aboard the Stalwart and the Valour have been deployed to the frontline. Should conflict occur, they would become the first casualties of war.