Aegis entered the command center, his presence immediately silencing the room.
He looked at the map with his cold and calculating eyes. He had just come from playing hide-and-seek with Caelum, and the transition back to the role of a Tier 16 Sovereign was jarring.
"They want a reaction," Aegis said. "If we fire the Planet-Crackers, we prove we are a threat to the sector, and the Kyros get their permission for a "Correction Crusade." But If we do nothing, they slowly chip away at our sensors until we are blind."
"Exactly. What is the order, My Emperor?" Kaelen asked, his body tense with the urge to fight.
Aegis looked at the crimson markers.
