Part LV: Preemptive Strike

The news about the recapturing of Calney City reached the others parts and it lifted the spirit of the people to support the empire against its enemies. Armed conflicts increased against the forces of the Alliance and the Empire. Those armed conflicts all failed and the alliance triumphed on those cities. City after city fell into the hands of the alliance. There are only three cities that were standing between the Alliance forces and the Pleiades. Catacius and Achernar was in Taiyou City having an alliance treaty with Star.

“I hereby declare the Duke of Barhambria and King of Achernar as new allies of the Star Republic. We shall be called the Najima Alliance and, as a sign of gratefulness, I hereby grant Duke Catacius the Polaris Star to help him on his fight against the empire.” Star told her troops as she showed her Polaris star and granted it to Catacius.