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Ragnarok, the alliance ground war in Polaris

You would be hard pressed to find a larger scale ground war than the second battle for Imperial Polaris IV. All three nations have been recruiting. The Monarchy with a mix of Mechanized and Infantry are fielding 3000 kilotons worth of troops equipped with the best weapons and training. The Collective, with pure infantry, are fielding 3300 Infantry units. The empire on the other hand, has over 4500 Infantry units.

The Pendulum swings once more to the Empire as the surprise of missiles returning to the battlefield has faded, and once again an Imperial fleet is ready to sweep away its enemies. Vader once more is with an expedition rather than holed up in the palace with Palpatine. The last few years, with their naval gutted were nerve racking, but moral among the citizens is at an all time high because of the Initiative droids, and vids are taped and broadcast of segments of the war to citizens of the homeworld.

The First Spacedrop Army, composed of 66 Mechanized units and 10 infantry units made the first drop and was wiped out summarily. The Third Spacedrop Army followed, making a brief contest of things, and the Second came so very close to holding its landing zone.

Then it was the turn of the Collective army, which was delayed by unsupplied troop transports which reached Polaris IV several months late. The first army held its ground despite crushing losses and dealt some losses in return to the Empire. The second also held, but after all the troops were either dead or on the ground, only 700 infantry units remained of the vast effort by both Allied nations, and 2300 infantry droid units remained for the Empire.

The fleets were out of a supply, a fact that Palpatine planned to take advantage of with the new fleet of the Empire, without any missiles to fire, the Collective had no chance, and besides the new Imperial ships were loaded with missile defense.

To lessen the supply problem, a colony ship was headed to Polaris to set up a military resupply center. With support from this colony, the fleets could relentlessly bomb the droid infantry that irritated them so much.

Meanwhile the Queen authorized the construction of still larger troop transports which will carry purely Large mechanized drops, doing away with Infantry all together. Other solutions are being looked at as well, mostly variants on the idea of bombing Polaris IV back to the stone age.

The total dead from the ground wars of Polaris IV is immense, as the Empire invaded it when the Initiative was still around, and now many millions of Collective and Monarchical soldiers have died on planet as well. Imperial administration continues unabated despite the remaining army presence which should be defeated within the next month with no problems. The planet has been on the verge of rioting for years, but ruthless imperial tactics keep the few Imperial colonists from revolting. All the citizens that arrive on Polaris IV immediately end up working as a controller for the Initiative droid armies that the Empire has learned well how to use.