Resolution Made

In light of the Dawn Star Planet main fleet's appearance at Christophsis, your unit is to respond immediately, tie down the Separatist fleet, and provide support for the battle on Christophsis.

Governor Sulama looked at the formal electronic dispatch on the screen before him and let out a long breath, unable to tell whether it was from tension or relief.

But one thing was certain: since taking office as the 19th Army Governor in high spirits more than two months ago, the gray at his temples had visibly increased.

Born into a middle-class family in the Core Worlds, he had risen meteorically through officialdom by attaching himself to a powerful family. He had never taken this war seriously. In his view, those dirt-poor planets in the Outer Rim could make whatever fuss they liked—no one would take them seriously. Now that they truly wanted independence, wouldn't the Inner Rim and Core Worlds crush them with a single slap once they got serious?

To say nothing of the superfactories on the Inner Rim and Core Worlds, whose footprints were measured in continental plates, or those production figures so long that you could not even count their zeros without help. How could Outer Rim planets possibly compare?

But now he understood that there were simply far too many things he needed to do to fight a war...

Sulama was no mediocrity. On the contrary, he was diligent and intelligent; otherwise, he could never have climbed to this position. But this war had truly exceeded the limits of his ability.

The Battle of Bespin had already drained him of all spirit, and now the elusive Dawn Star Planet fleet was wearing him down even further.

It was not as though the Galactic Republic had offered him little support. Even after losing 48 Hunter