The leaders of the rebellion emerged from their hiding places, proclaimed 
the Coastal Republic, and called for Protocol Enforcement troops to come in and 
protect them. Colonel Arthur Hornsby Moore, a veteran of the fighting in 
Eastern Europe, was brought in to command. He had been born in Hong Kong, left 
as a small child when the Chinese took it over, spent much of his youth 
wandering around Asia with his parents, and eventually settled in the British 
Isles. He was picked for the job because he was fluent in Cantonese and not 
half bad in mandarin. Looking at the old cine clips in the Encyclopædia, 
Nell could see a younger Constable Moore, the same man with more hair and fewer 
doubts.