@SCENARIO @width=500 @title=%STRING0 ^^Length: %STRING1 to %STRING2 ^ ^"East Wind, Rain," is believed to be the code phrase used by the Japanese High Command to signal the beginning of their war in the Pacific to conquer a new empire. ^ ^Japan and China have been at war for many years, and western economic sanctions against the Empire have taken their toll. Japan is now allied with the Axis powers in Europe and is ready to begin an offensive to secure two vital objectives: a large, resource rich empire in the Southwest Pacific and a defensive zone of strategic island fortresses to surround and protect both the new empire and the home islands. ^ ^America is wary of the threat imposed by Japan, and to thwart aggression she has the powerful U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii... ^ @end -- this line must be here!