Probes sent to the assaulted colony reveal a grim picture, the surface of the world is glassed, a hallmark of the Hegemony's approach to warfare, it's defense fleet now debris. It is apparent that the New Hegemony is willing to ruin planets to achieve their goals in warfare.
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Long range sensors detected a Hegemony Fleet on a course to a somewhat well developed colony with at least 45 million inhabitants, will the Infinite Empire protect these innocents or condemn them to death by nuclear fire?
