Battle Admiral Laresa

Lore

The news from the scout teams was as bleak as one could expect. From what the teams had deciphered and learned from the crash's survivors, the Dust-Yellow King's armada had finally begun its slow, agonizing advance towards Orebus. And why would they hurry? Their swarms outnumbered the defenders several thousand times over, so a leisurely approach was called for. In fact, the King's commanders were so confident of their victory that they permitted the various mercenary companies that clung to their legion's wake to attack ahead of the vanguard. While some of the insectile loyalists resented the privilege, the battle's outcome was never in doubt. Laresa joined the Ulnhann's call to arms, dividing her time between bringing the skyships under her command to battle readiness and preparing the ark ship for launch. To her astonishment, a recovery team informed her that they had unearthed Keres's soulcutter blade, a potent yet dangerous weapon that they had thought lost forever. No effort was spared in duplicating the weapon's power into smaller forms, and as the Vardket's deep-space sensor networks begain to sound the alarm, Laresa ordered the Vharag's small fleet to battle readiness. The plan called for a direct assault onto the enemy command ship--a risky gamble with a severely low chance of success. Meanwhile, the final preparations to launch the ark ship had begun...