Chapter I // The armies arrive
A Battle That Fights Back
Imperial vanguards have dug into the southern line. Rebel soldiers have answered from the north. Neither side is waiting for a traveler to fire the opening shot: the two forces meet in a live, sustained clash the moment the battlefield awakens.
Every advance is contested. Fallen front-line troops are replaced, elite reinforcements return to the fight, and commanders rally new assaults from behind their lines.