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The moment the planetary leadership made its decision, all five hundred PDF regiments in the Hive received mobilisation orders simultaneously.
The generals conducted their morale briefings with the particular bluntness that the situation warranted. They told their soldiers the truth: the synthetic starch facility would take eighteen months to repair. Eighteen months with no guaranteed food supply.
The planetary government had done everything possible — sixteen rounds of negotiation, significant concessions offered — to reach a peaceful arrangement. The rebels had rejected every proposal, and were now mobilising their forces with the evident intention of destroying everyone inside the Hive.
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