Recaps

Victor equipped the Expeditionary Army with Type One Rifles and sent Santos to seize Faith Order Headquarters. Santos’s army defeated the Order’s forces and withdrew when the Faith Order prepared its Judgment array, leaving the apostles ready to negotiate.

• Bobok became acting deputy chief after raids across Two Rivers County dismantled Scarface’s gang and exposed compromised police officials.
• Victor ordered a crackdown on gambling and usurious lending, then watched Isaac successfully modify Ron, James, Santos, and the other military vassals into transcendent soldiers.
• Victor approved Yonicha’s Type One Rifle and ordered rifles for the Fourth Regiment, which trained with the new weapons before Santos led the Expeditionary Army toward Faith Order Headquarters.
• After receiving Victor’s intelligence, Santos bypassed reliance on Mizhene and attacked the fortress when unrest among Barbarian immigrants tied down the Faith Order’s troops.
• Santos defeated the Faith Order’s forces with rifles and artillery, captured Judgment artifacts, and put surrendered immigrants and believers to work.
• The Expeditionary Army struggled to advance through the city, so Santos ordered artillery and engineers to destroy buildings while the apostles prepared a Judgment array that would also kill their own believers.
• The apostles suspected Mizhene and possibly Keledu of aiding the enemy, while Santos withdrew his army beyond Judgment’s range before the array could be used.
• The Faith Order dismantled the array and agreed to seek negotiations, with the Third Apostle volunteering to approach Santos.