In the capital of a Centennial Empire—Sector 904—
Here in the capital of the Iron Glory Empire lived all the members of the ruling family and the families closest to them, filling the capital with nobles, children of nobles, and the servants who attended to them, to the point that it was difficult to find anyone belonging to another class here at all... just like most imperial capitals scattered throughout the universe.
Ever since the war began more than a week ago, enormous screens had been installed throughout the major squares to follow the ten broadcasts without interruption. The nobles had been excused from their duties, and life throughout the capital had largely ground to a halt as everyone gathered to watch the battle that was changing the face of the universe before their very eyes, a battle that, in their minds, was being fought between evil and an even greater evil.
