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You have arrived to The Stand. The warp signatures are incoming now- the Consortium will be here any minute now. Your ships are ready to fight- forming a blockade and attack formation, aimed in advance to where their fleet will “land” in this system.
<span class="mu-b">”My lord, I am surprised you did not set up your base at the Stand bunker itself.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”I have no intention of putting my own life on the line for something as silly as pride. That was Bantam's foolish choice. Besides, if I was to fail to keep the Stand and my vow, then it would not be much of a punishment to be killed right after. Or captured.”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”That cannot be allowed to happen.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”Agreed.”</span>
You have moved your mobile base of operations to a single frigate- a smaller ship class, weaponless, and equipped only with the best engines your society is capable of. You have donated your imperial cruiser to join the main fleet instead. You have set up on the edge of the battle- out of the way enough to avoid being put in unnecessary danger- but close enough to still oversee the battle without actually being on the planet itself. This way, you can escape quickly if all else fails.
<span class="mu-b">”Master- what are you commands for the start of the battle? When the enemy ships warp in- they will be vulnerable for but a moment. We could give them a warning and tell them to leave.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”What, and lose a strategic advantage?”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”It could be seen as a sign of wisdom and fairness. After all, it is likely they will lie and claim they only wanted to try and scare us away- and we attacked without provocation. At least if we let them make the first strike, it'll be unarguable we fought in defense.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">”Bah. Capitalist dogs. They lie about everything...”</span>
The Consortium ships will arrive any second. What will you do as your final preparation?
>Power up the artillery (Double Artillery Power for the first round)
>Let them attack you (Consortium gets first strike)
>Hide your ships behind civilian stations (Minor Atrocity, take half damage first round)
>Move your boarding ships into a good position (Special encounter as Jale Berax)
