The Grand Elder commenced the war meeting with only the elders who had proven their loyalty to the Hescos race. The plan was brutal and simple: they knew exactly which factions and bloodlines the traitors hailed from.
They would arrange a series of decisive, overwhelming strike forces against all of their territories, military bases, and strongholds. There would be no distinction between the guilty and the misguided.
The Grand Elder was not a merciful man. In his centuries of rule, he had learned that in such turbulent times, sparing a potential traitor was like leaving a poisonous dagger at one's back, waiting for the most delicate moment to strike. He ignored the flickers of worry from the more moderate elders, planning the entire purge with cold-blooded determination.
While the Council plotted the internal cleansing, the enemy's vanguard units finally flickered onto Hye's long-range scanners.
