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Geoschmo vs Cheeze 2406.3

Grand Lord Ikul speaks

People of the Imperium. I come before you today on the occasion of a great battle during the course of a great and terrible war. A war for our liberty, our property, our very lives. The enemy that we face is a clever and determined foe. It will take all the efforts of every one of us if we are to be victorious. However, we must be victorious. Failure is not an option.

Recently the enemy launched an offensive in great force into the Xiria system. The defenders fought valiantly, but were greatly outnumbered overrun. A key strategic planet was captured and the population enslaved.

The Floral fleet then moved on deeper into our empire, into the great impenatrable darkness of the Eskirk nebulae. Beyond this were two paths open to them, both equally dangerous for our people. If the invadres were allowed to get past this point there would be little or nothing to stop the complete ravaging of our great empire.

Task Force Defoliant was pulled out of position from the front lines and sent to intercept this fleet. A quarter of the distance accross the quadrant they rushed. Low on fuel they took up position in the Pawtril system and awaited their fate.

Never in the course of Memnorak events have so many owed so much to so few. At the cost of a great number of our valiant warriors the enemy fleet was completely routed.

If the Memnorak Imperium lives for thousand years, men will speak of this battle in hushed tones. Truely, they will say, this was their finest hour.