Haoyu took a moment, amidst the adrenaline and last-minute strategizing, to reflect on how little cargo ships had changed. The gargantuan vessel stood well over fifteen stories high, towering above the Bohai Bay dock on which Haoyu crouched, hiding behind a pallet of hemp fabric. On the ship’s deck, stacks of shipping containers loomed above him, as though he were at the edge of a great, densely populated city. Below deck, cavernous rooms were filled with more containers. A design unchanged for well over one hundred years. Maybe two hundred. Haoyu didn’t know for sure. When it came to nautical