Today, however, would merely leave the ticking clock resting at four days and sixteen hours.
They had to wait until tomorrow to force the margin to five days and officially finalize the marching orders. The strike force was slated to be big this time around, eclipsing any of their previous elite deployments.
But that heavy mobilization inherently meant leaving the capital's defensive perimeter significantly understaffed and highly vulnerable during the siege.
Yet they had proactively implemented severe logistical precautions.
