Realising their situation was untenable, the commanders at the front lines requested that they be allowed to withdraw. This bred resentment within the Imperial populace, and led in short order to riots on multiple planets. Falk, ostensibly under the orders of Commander-in-Chief Lassalle Lobos, advised the Alliance invasion commanders to procure supplies 'on the spot'. ( LOGH: ' When the Rain of Grief Comes.', ' Liberation of the Frontier Zone')Īs Cazerne had predicted, however, the 500-ship supply transport from Heinessen was attacked and completely destroyed. Falk dismissed this concern as well, and the High Council subsequently voted to continue the operation. This represented a significant supply burden on the Alliance, and Rear Support Chief Alex Cazerne surmised that it would ultimately lead to an Imperial attack on the resulting supply lines from Heinessen. Although more than 200 starzones fell to the Alliance with no resistance, the Imperial military had taken the food stores of the inhabited planets during their evacuation, leaving the Alliance with the obligation to feed the 'liberated' citizens. Over the objections, public and private, of several members of the Alliance military and political leadership, the plan went forward in August of 796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE ). ( LOGH: ' Invasion of the Imperial Territory', ' Liberation of the Frontier Zone') Fleet Admiral Sidney Sithole insinuated, however, that the operation was proposed purely out of greed, as a means to a seat in the High Council and, eventually, the highest rank of the military. This proposal was approved by the High Council, in large part as a way to ensure the council members' incumbency in their upcoming election.įalk argued for the expedition - involving eight fleets, 200,000 ships, and over 30 million soldiers - as a noble 'crusade' and dismissed concerns from Vice Admirals Ulanhu and Yang that the plan was vague and overly optimistic. Around that time, he drafted and proposed an operation which would have had the Free Planets Star Fleet invade the territory of the Galactic Empire and liberate its citizens. ( HBSHBL: ' Truth Is the Daughter of Time')īy mid- 796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE ), Falk had been promoted to commodore. Fleet Admiral Lassalle Lobos thought very highly of him, and his concurrence of Rear Admiral Willem Holland's Operation Waltz on D-Line was a key factor in the plan being adopted, leading to the Sixth Battle of Iserlohn. Having graduated at the head of his class from the Free Planets Alliance Officer Academy, Falk entered the military and rose to the rank of commander, in the Staff Office of General Headquarters, by 794 UC (485 IC / 3594 CE ).
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