>>5758250It’s an easy enough mistake to make. Entering in the wrong coordinates, mixing up the positions of your enemy and your own men. And the men they’re commanding are shinies. The first time they’re fighting in combat. You know they must be feeling the greatest shame and horror over what’s happened, but you can’t let them make any further decisions under that mindset. You need to give them time to calm down before giving back their command responsibilities. Beck is silent, but Goto is the one to speak up.
“Should we go over and…
>No. Not yet. Priority is those reinforcements. Once they’re gone we can go and recover any wounded, but not a moment before. Got it?“…Yes sir.”
You know he wants to go and help more than anything, but you can’t let him run off by himself. You need to maintain discipline and command. Make sure nobody else gets killed. You can go there later to pick up the wounded. If there’s any left. Prisoners haven’t been taken in this war. The droids are droids, they’re not programmed to surrender, just like they’re not programmed to take prisoners. So both sides have continued fighting until there’s only one left. You wonder what the case will be when it’s against clones?
You get an incoming comms request that interrupts further thoughts. It’s from Commander Fabian.
“Sulla. Status report.”
You hesitate a moment before saying it.
>Blue on blue.To his credit, Fabian doesn’t pause or hesitate when he hears it. Probably witnessed some friendly fire incidents over the years himself.
“Acknowledged. You alright?”
>Yes, sir.“Good. Focus on the operation. We’ll talk later. Just focus on getting your boys out of there.
Fabian out.”
The comm goes dead. You turn your attention back to the battlefield. Boxer is pulling back to you, but he’s being pursued by those MTTs and the troops they’ve deployed. You can hold them when they get to you, your engineers have built up formidable forward fortifications, but you also have the problem of those extra reinforcements that are crossing the river. You can see them from here, another two companies of MTTs and the troops within.
What are your orders for the artillery?
>Target the forces attacking boxer. Just a few more good hits and they should be eliminated.>Target the reinforcements. You need to delay them as much as you can, before they manage to cut you off or catch up with Boxer. Additionally, do you want to call in support from Yegor?
>Yes, call in artillery fire from Yegor. You need to eliminate those reinforcements.>Don’t, he might come under attack too. Better not risk it. 