Viceroy Caratore has promoted Asian Hawk to Admiral and appointed him the new head of the Rapid Reaction Force. This appointment has caught people by surprise as Asian Hawk has had a low profile for a long time, even relegated to commanding a training ship for a number of years though in the last couple of years he has commanded a Corkscrew destroyer.
The Rapid Reaction Force is to be enlarged to five ships plus a support oiler, however due to the depleted nature of the fleet this enlargement may be delayed for a year or so.
