Preparation for War

Marshal Armand Roux stood in his war room, surrounded by his officers. A map of Pan-America stretched across the table, marked with troop movements, supply routes, and fortifications. The reality was clear.

Elysea was coming.

The royal fleet, carrying thousands of soldiers and enough supplies to wage a full-scale war, had set sail. Roux knew that a direct battle would be suicide.

They could not outlast Elysea in an open war.

The New World had been built with resources, manpower, and weapons from the mainland. The guns his soldiers carried, the cannons mounted on the forts, the food that sustained them—all had come from Elysea.

Without resupply from the homeland, they were vulnerable.

And King Bruno knew it.

The siege was inevitable. If Elysea cut them off from trade, Fort Saint-Louis would crumble within months.

For years, the colony had been dependent on the crown. Roux had known this, and so, he had planned for it.