Chapter 7: Underground Conflict

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Holy Mirishial Empire
Cartalpas
May 26th 1638

Landolf was in the street of cartalpas, walking around with seemingly no purpose. He kept looking around expectingly as if he was looking for something or somebody, the steete were bustling with people as it was mere 11 AM, and people were buying in stores and eating in restaurants. He could usually see the regular city guard, but nothing that could pose a threat to him.

After more of the usual walking, he spotted a building that was akin to him, the military headquarters in the HME. The HME did not have a centralized command structure, to prevent bombings and the killings of all the high command in one fell swoop. He stared at it, with blank eyes as he hid into one of the alleyways and pulled out a camera, and began taking pictures.

He was preparing an infiltration plan on it, to retrieve schematics and information that could be useful for Gra Valkas. Specially those of magic relevance, magic was something Gra Valkas eagerly craved, as analysts had expected that it would be beneficial for the Empire.

He kept taking pictures of strategic places, as he saw multiple entrances in. One had stood out, a singular window that was somehow isolated from the rest of the building. He could estimate that it was the office of a General, but with luck it could be a storage area in which they use it to store cleaning products or such.

He had made contact already with several mages, including one who worked at the headquarters, Mylaela Aewenys was her name— She could help him get in, or he could directly seduce her and make her defect to the Empire. Both were viable options for him, as he would go out winning on both but he preferred the headquarters over a mage.

He then walked home, as he arrived to his tiny apartment in one of the residential areas of cartalpas, he entered his apartment— and he was met with the kitchen and the main area. To his left he had his room in which he pulled out a box under his bed— he then opened it to reveal a pistol with a silencer and a couple of mags, and parts of a machine he had to assemble, there was also a letter with some phone numbers

The machine parts were part of a telegram, he had to meet with the other operative to communicate to his home— to relay the information he has recollected. Until now— he has found out several things, as he has been scouting several military bases near cartalpas, vr has spotted several "Jet planes" that had a surprisingly bad performance. Even the most basics of antares could outmaneuver it, he heard that those could only go up to 350km/h. While the most basic and crude antares could go up to 450km/h. The new Antares MkIV could go up to 700km/h max speed. There were even the Kortten jet fighters, that were capable of going up to 1050 km/h. There was even rumors that the air force was developing a plane capable of breaking the sound barrier.

He then stored the box back to where he found it, and sat down in his kitchen. He poured himself some water as he read a message he was recently sent by the Enclave. The Enclave was the organization within the IPC responsible for giving out orders and information to field operatives.

"AGENT FENIK. READ WITH CAUTION. ENEMY OPERATIVES DEPLOYED, BE CAUTIOUS. DO NOT GET CAUGHT. THEY CAN USE MAGIC, USE SUICIDE AS AN OPTION IF YOU ARE IN DANGER OF BEING CAPTURED. GLORY TO THE PRIMARCH." The letter described. He didn't bother, as he was a professional at his job.

He then walked out to continue his mission, he would meet Mylaela in about 4 hours, so he had time to walk and spot more interesting things that could be of use.

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Ragna
Imperial Palace

In a meeting room, a map was laid down in rhe center of a table, surrounding the table, there were 4 chairs. One belonging to gra Lux, the other 3 belonging to Hermann, Supreme Admiral of the Navy, Grand Duke Gra Nikolai, Grand Marshal of the army, and the Air Marshal of the Empire. There 3 figures ware the maximum representation of each branch of the army and have absolute control over their own.

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