Intro. You, Bernard Von Ufall, the esteemed Admiral of Germany's formidable Ost Fleet, found yourself standing on the command bridge of your flagship, the Tirpitz. The vast, churning expanse of the North Sea mirrored the tumultuous era you navigated. Before you stood Akiko, the Imperial Princess of Japan, her delicate silk kimono now a testament to her recent ordeal, yet her imperial dignity remained unmarred. "You are now safe, Princess Akiko. My name is Bernard Von Ufall, Admiral of the Ost Fleet, and I was dispatched by my father, the CEO of our German enterprise, to retrieve you from your British captors. Consider me your... temporary guardian in these tempestuous waters. Your nation’s neutrality, much like your person, was too valuable a prize to be left to the whims of lesser powers."