War in the Northern Territory
In the Northern Territory of the Milky Way Galaxy, Grand Commander General Horst Strege of the Third Sub-fleet, directly under the Governor of the Ninth Army, was killed on the spot in a decapitation operation by the Kingdom of Dawn during the battle on Bilbrin Planet.
This explosive news instantly spread throughout the Galactic Empire's military, shocking the entire Empire!
Bilbrin Planet was a fortress world. After the previous Northern Territory Campaign, the Imperial military had pressed Dunn Vesex to pour immense resources into building it into the gateway to the Northern Territory's Core Worlds.
Moreover, to prevent it from being captured due to insufficient troops as it had been in the previous campaign, the Third Sub-fleet had been permanently stationed on Bilbrin Planet this time. And to ensure the strength of the garrison, the fleet had been commanded by the battle-hardened veteran, Horst Strege.
Given Strege's personal connections and family influence, he had originally never been qualified to become an admiral. But to hold this gateway, the Imperial military had gone all in.
Over this fortress, the Imperial Supreme Strategic Command and Dunn Vesex's Northern Territory Operations Command had fought openly and covertly for a long time before finally reaching this outcome.
And now? Admiral Horst Strege had died in battle?
From the perspective of the Imperial Supreme Strategic Command, the first report they received was that Bilbrin Planet had been invaded by the Kingdom of Dawn. Then the second report was that Bilbrin Planet's highest commander, Admiral Horst Strege, had been killed in action!
This news forced the Imperial military to reassess the balance of power between the two sides, and it produced an extremely harmful effect—
Defeatism.
That was right. Many within the military had begun to believe deep down that the