Six years into The War, the French sent the first of a new class of battleships to sail with Aneerin’s fleet.  He was named after the one of the most corrupt, Machiavellian, conniving, and ruthless leaders that France ever had.  And I mean that as a compliment.  As it happens, the crew of the Richelieu was actually real friendly to me.  Of course, after what the Shang did to Nouveau Paris, we all had a lot more in common than we thought before.