Great White Fleet Shadowed By Soviet Battlecruiser En Route to Buyan Isles

Visitors and crew aboard the Great White Fleet were treated to a display from the Soviet Navy as the Battlecruiser Krasikov shadowed the armada as it departed the Zorya System for the Buyan Isles. The Fleet had been notified in advance, and the transit proceeded without incident.

Our Analysis: The GWF is the US’s largest nomadic fleet, whose mandate is to conduct interstellar exhibitions of American industry, science, and culture. The program is civilian in character, though its role as a major instrument of soft power has caused tensions with rivals.