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as they were ready to fight they could be thrust into the new operation, saving them time and sustaining their momentums gain through their previous victories.
    No, it was the scope of the plan that surprised her, along with everyone else in Ghost, judging by their reactions. Even Karen and Anna, who were on the actual council, looked unhappy. That certainly didn't bode well, she reflected, because if their representatives didn't believe in the plan then why should the rest of them?
    “So let me get this straight,” Neil said, outspoken as always. “You want us to mount another airborne assault on an enemy-held district, only this one is much further to the north, away from our lines of support.”
    “There's a little more to it than that,” David replied. He seemed to be heading this particular council.
    “You do realize the kind of casualties we took and how delicate these kind of operations can be,” Zach spoke up. “My company's Alpha Platoon lost half their members, including their commander when they drifted over an antiaircraft position. That left us having to secure a drop zone with less than fifty troops, and we took heavy casualties. Why will this be any different?”
    “And there's another problem with this,” Nora spoke up, opening her wrist menu and activating the projector. “You want us to take the Shorewood District? That's not even connected to any of our holdings.”
    “That's part of the plan,” Bryce spoke up. “Our aim is to take as many districts within the city as we can within a short amount of time. The Shorewood District is still held by the NPC garrison, which means it will be much easier to capture than if Ragnarok had control.”
    “Does that even matter?” Neil said. “There's two districts in between us and our holding in the south, and both of them are held by Ragnarok. Are you just going to waltz over them like they're nothing?”
    Nora knew it wouldn't be that easy. Aside from the brutal fighting they had experienced in the Cudahy District, she had also experienced fighting in the Jones Harbor District, when Black Wolf had performed a raid to destroy a critical warehouse. She knew the district would be swarming with enemy troops and NPC guards, making prospects of a rapid assault daunting at best.
    “The St. Francis district is lightly held at this point,” David said. “Ragnarok used up most of their reserves fighting us in the Cudahy District, so they're pretty much spent for now. They have to replace their losses, and that's going to take some time.”
    Maybe, Nora thought, but could they really count on that? One of the reasons their enemy's last offensive had failed was the stubborn resistance, especially by Black Wolf at the fortified tower they called home for nearly a month. Only about a hundred of them had held out against overwhelming odds, stalling the attack and buying time for the rest of the alliance to counter.
    Veteran players could use the terrain effectively, making their numbers count and allowing them to delay a much larger force. Could it happen here? Nora thought so, because their enemy had plenty of elite troops of their own.
    And if that happened at the wrong moment, Ghost Battalion could become trapped in the northern part of the city, surrounded by enemies and with no prospects of relief.
    “In their defense,” Anna spoke up, “we need to sustain our offensive, and a parachute assault is a good way to get right in the face of the enemy before they can properly react.”
    “Then why aren't we doing it somewhere else? Like, say for instance, the St. Francis District? That's somewhere we can attack where we'll have support nearby.”
    “Because we can't afford to take too long capturing Milwaukee, and we need some way to break the deadlock and get us moving,” Cody replied. “Unless you want to spend months upon months slugging it out with Ragnarok while the alliances from other hubs start encroaching on our territory. They might even decide to