Flame Glory's giant foot came down on Galatia's gray earth, and Schurtzeler stared through the Titan's eyes at the enemy Titans ahead.
Their livery's main color was blue, mixed with yellow and black ornamentation.
He reined in the blazing fire of his hunger for honor and fully activated the heavy Auspex arrays—Spectrum Sensor, electromagnetic detector, Radar Scanner, Echo Locator, and more—to identify the situation across the battlefield.
Fifteen Warlord-class Titans, thirty-eight Nemesis-class Titans, seventeen Reaver-class Titans, and sixteen Warhound-class Titans.
Before the attack began, Schurtzeler had consulted the data from Mars to understand the enemy.
The Second Victory Titan Legion had once possessed as many as one hundred Titans; clearly, they must have suffered no small losses during the earlier suppression of the First Victory Titan Legion and Third Titan Legion.
This time, he had brought ninety-six Warlord-class Titans, fourteen Reaver Titans, and seven Warhound Titans.
The High Princeps opened the vox channel and addressed the princeps of every Titan.
"Gentlemen, ladies, some say the Nemesis-class Titan can match the Warlord-class Titan."
"Today, we shall make them recognize reality. An imitation will never equal a true Warlord."
"Form Six Warlord Squads."
Laughter rang out across the battlefield. The Nemesis-class Titan sat between the Warlord-class and Reaver-class Titans. Developed to destroy Xenos Titans, it was regarded as a Titan hunter, capable of contending with the mainstay backbone of a Titan Legion, the Warlord-class.
The Warlords of Dark Fire advanced with heavy steps, forming Fire Strike Arrays one after another.
The High Princeps watched the battle formations slowly take shape and continued speaking.
"Lord Nimrod has entrusted us with the honor of punishing the Second Victory Titan Legion."
"This is our glory. Let Dark Fire loose upon the battlefield."
The High Princeps's mind fully became one with the Machine Spirit. He raised