In 2035, the war between America and the Directorate of China and Russia ended with the status quo ante bellum, after a bloody battle to reclaim Hawaii from Chinese hands, hundreds to thousands of people were killed and will not return. The USS Zumwalt, one of the most important ships that caused the sinking of the Directorate flagship, Admiral Zhang He and supported the landing of American troops in Hawaii, is now moored in one of the harbors on Mare Island, California. While she was undergoing her monthly checkup, she was suddenly transferred to the middle of the ocean without a crew and she lived?! Another Azur Lane fanfic here we go!