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Scholae Decius glares down at his nightmare stack of incoming reports and settled reports and can, at least, allow himself to clench and unclench his pen to work out the muscle cramp.
Well.
If it hadn't been for Lutatius sending out his surprisingly spry if trippy couriers to tell everyone everywhere what was going on, that whole thing would have probably been rather a foul mark on his career prospects.
Maybe next time multiple concurrent high level actions are taken, we should brief the officers involved first, about the **MILITARY AFFAIRS** of their detached operation?
Otherwise they're apt to BLUNDER OUT OF COHORT COHESION, TRIP OVER TWO HUNDRED ENEMIES, ROLL RANDOMLY FOR THEIR RESPONSE AND SOMTIMES WANDER STRAIGHT INTO OTHER FORMATIONS, CASCADING LEGION TROOPS ALL OVER THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE.
And without a command station or the Cohort nearby, no individual sub-unit blundering about the field have any meaningful way of collaborating with others that aren't briefd on the same operation!
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The Chemicae's verify 74 enemy dead and wounded.
The Pathfinders trust but verify that
- Sparkhoof Tenth Squadron has effectively ceased to exist.
- Sparkhoof Ninth Squadron is combat shocked and they estimate it to be at 30% functional strength.
- The people of Howlhammer are safe, and have not been harmed unduly. But the granaries are empty. They're working on a debrief now, but positive identification of Sparkhoof Squadrons One, Two, Three, Four and Five across the Spanway in the region around Glimini.
- Three reports are of interest, rated by sun.
* Some villagers report disruptions near the Spanway, Sparkhoof Eight Squadron has been in that region ever since the Sparkhooves arrived here.
** A detachment of Legion 4th Cohort passed through Howlhammer before the Sparkhooves arrived, moving fast, wounded, likely fleeing an engagement gone wrong. By description, they are the 11th Woeful Downpour, fieldwork artillery specialists. They've been in hiding in the southern woods, on the other side of the river. Last time someone saw them was 2 days ago.
*** The Sparkhooves have not taken all the food in Howlhammer. They've left the beer vats and the wells. We confirm traces of Mothleaf residue in both. We've begun sterilization procedures. No disruptive influence on the locals detected, but the dose threshold would be significantly lower than the concentrated exposure of the Sparksworn in Windchime Pass. However, this *still* likely played a significant part in the ability for the Flamespeakers to rally up the militia and mark us out as hostiles. The story fell apart with minimal questioning, but so long as the Flamespeakers were alive to allay doubts. . .
