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After you’d gone down and gotten coffee from the first floor, you returned to your desk, thinking now about Halmaluce and how you might make it yours rather than taking any recess. You had the Aurora Legion, true, but they were just around one hundred fifty fighters, three platoons and their support staff. A small infantry company. Not enough to capture a city were it a siege in a war…though certainly more armed men than a medium sized city such as Halmaluce would have as a police force. That was even before you counted the Revolutionary Leagues you currently had at your disposal. That would be the next topic when Antonia returned.
“It’ll be Halmaluce,” you told her once she had come back, “It’s the one we can most likely take over without needing help.”
“Very good, <span class="mu-i">Signore</span>.”
“I wanted to ask about the Revolutionary Leagues available to me. I’m familiar with their organizations, but that tells little.” Especially considering how varied they were in effectiveness and styling. Often their only similar quality was that they threw in behind Leo. “Especially compared to my own private force.”
“I am no soldier, <span class="mu-i">Signore</span>,” Antonia said, “But I can tell you the obvious. Even though many Revolutionary Leagues include former military personnel, that is not a rule nor a majority, and they are certainly not organized like such. When it comes to martial prowess, I’m sure your personal troops are better. Even if they employ many foreigners. Many mountainfolk.”
“Captain Donomo Alga is quite Vitelian, Antonia.” You pointed out, “But I see your point. They could be seen as foreign entities in the wrong situation.”
“There are Emrean expatriates in the Utopian Front, but they are not so outwardly recognizable. That, and the Revolutionary movement has particular respect for them. I am simply stating what I believe the average Vitelian would think.”
“Moving along,” this topic would go nowhere. You weren’t about to cull the ranks of your experienced fighting men for appearance’s sake, especially when you doubted that most would consider it more than a petty annoyance anyways. “What are these Revolutionary Leagues’ capabilities? We have several hundred of them ready now, I want to know what they can do.”
