864, War Rekindled
The peaceful month of February was finally drawing to a close, and the flames of war that had briefly died down across the Milky Way Galaxy blazed up once more. This time, the inferno came even fiercer and more violent, seemingly poised to swallow every living thing in the galaxy!
Yet contrary to expectations, the first to ignite the war was the Galactic Republic.
On February 33, 21 BBY, the main fleet of the Galactic Republic's 20th Army forcibly entered the Yag'Dhul system, opening the curtain on the Battle of Yag'Dhul.
The 20th Army's Fleet Commander, Master Sha Koon, commanded 18 Hunter Class Battlecruisers, 15 Dreadnought-class heavy cruisers acquired from the Blade Fleet, 10 Aquitenes-class light cruisers, and 5 Acclamator-class assault ships.
Legion Governor Octavian Grant traveled to Jizhou planet to oversee the command personally.
The Yag'Dhul system had three stars but only one planet: Yag'Dhul. The planet also had three moons, but due to the interacting gravitational pulls of the three stars, the moons' orbits shifted unpredictably, with almost no fixed pattern.
Under such circumstances, the Givin civilization on Yag'Dhul had nevertheless managed to develop steadily to the present day. It had to be called an astronomical miracle.
It was precisely because of this that Yag'Dhul's complex environment deterred all who would make enemies of it.
Fourth Civilization Army Lieutenant General Ling Liang and her adjutant, Colonel Lin Nanyi, arrived in Dodecapolis, the capital of Yag'Dhul, as military advisers to assist the Givin in directing the war.
The Givin had long been preparing for war. Moreover, since Hego Damask II had previously entrusted them with the construction of Ragnarok-class Titan warships, Damask Holdings Group had continually supported and invested in the Givin industrial system.
After more than a decade of concentrated development, the Givin's industrial strength