Oswald Tessik—Governor of the First Army Group, Supreme Commander of the First System Army, Imperial Marshal.
He shook his head and woke from his sleep, only to find himself sitting at the warship's command console, having fallen asleep fully clothed. The combat staff officers beside him were busily reporting the situation, while alarms rang one after another.
Seeing that he had awakened, the service droid responsible for his daily needs immediately brought him a cup of coffee and added some nanoscale neural stimulants that could quickly refresh the mind and enhance cerebral cortex activity.
This coffee was part of the Kingdom of Dawn's newly released "Green Nature" line of agricultural products. He had no idea how they did it, but the coffee retained such a pure aroma and flavor. In this age when industrially processed products were everywhere, that taste reminded Tessik of the fruit scones he had eaten as a child at his family estate.
At some point, industry had become the mainstream of the Milky Way Galaxy, and agricultural products like these seemed to have vanished from everyday life.
Together with Umbrella Corporation products, Oswald Tessik's breakfast could be called exceptionally "Kingdom of Dawn."
Draining the coffee in one gulp, Oswald Tessik felt much clearer-headed. He walked into the combat command center, looked at the busy staff officers, and asked, "How is Palanci Planet doing?"
"Lord Marshal, our Third, Seventh, and Sixteenth sub-fleets stationed on Palanci Planet are all in retreat. The fleet commanders likely felt their guilt was too great, so they have all gone out of contact," a staff officer said. "In addition, according to your previous operational arrangements, we have deployed the Ninth, Tenth, and Twelfth sub-fleets in the surrounding star systems to establish temporary defensive lines."
Oswald Tessik said coldly, "Arrest the families of