Hange watched the scopes, the feed, her tactical links.

The goal now was force preservation. Hector was folding up the skitarii line, compacting and withdrawing through the shattered out-habs. She was providing covering fire, eliminating enemy armour when it approached the Skitarii line too closely, but there was only so much she could accomplish. There would, inevitably, be losses.

She focused on the last reported location of Vonuoe and the intelligence she carried. A boiling firefight was consuming several blocks and yards about a kilometer from her position. Tanks were pushing in now.

+I want this sector resolved. Make it happen+


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"By your command Princeps"

(Wip 21/3/24)