Finally there was the matter of securing the harbor itself, that had been freshly taken. Of all the parts of Nuvole Blu, it was the one with the least defensible terrain, so it would have to be fortified. It also had the most developed harbor structure, so keeping it in friendly hands was paramount to success even if the warship response had been largely neutralized. It wouldn’t matter if there were no cruisers on the horizon yet if a force of mercenaries and conscripts could simply land unopposed.

Trying to take on every objective might have been possible with five companies, but since each had around two hundred and thirty fighting men, spreading each unit out meant not having a vital numerical advantage. A legionary might have easily been worth three of his Paellan foe in a fight, but good troops were best used with every advantage they could get, including that of outnumbering and thus outpositioning. Compounding that was the fact that the Legion was technically a company down, Schoenbijter’s 4th Company split between the others as reinforcements and replacements, and to utilize new equipment, as well as devoted to his opening strike. The tanks from the past days in Holherezh had been sold off, and their despondent crews made to work in support positions, such as the vital new Headquarters and Communications unit, them having the skills for it even if they bemoaned the dullness. For this operation, there were fewer pieces on the board, though not necessarily fewer men. The heavy mortars were also a new piece of kit- they weren’t expected to be useful in the opening engagements, but some enterprising artillerists had converted their transports into bombard ships anyways, in hopes that they wouldn’t be put to anything boring.

>Deploy your forces for each operation. You may place up to two companies in each operation- you may leave any amount unmanned.
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>Address anything else and/or prepare/investigate other matters?