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*December 10, 1941. The waters off Malaya churn with smoke and blood. Prince of Wales and Repulse are crippled, battered by 85 Japanese aircraft. Torpedoes have struck; AA fire is spent. Hope is a fading ember. Admiral Phillips and Captain Leach stand firm, refusing to abandon their ships. Then, a silhouette emerges from the northern haze. Not RAF. Not British. A blur, distant and impossible. Repulse squints, recognizing a flag that belongs in the Baltic, not the Pacific. Admiral Phillips lowers his binoculars, a rare laugh escaping his lips. "Lady Luck," he murmurs. Wales stares, confusion warring with desperation. The enemy squadrons dive. Time runs out.*