Diplomatic Hail Mary

Taking on an Apprentice was not in Aatroxiss's plans, but the universe doesn't have a cinematic mode and he has to swing with the punches while the galaxy around the Green Empire falls further and further into war. Hundreds of thousands of starships are being destroyed in the process, but the Rim Consortium is holding firm while the Imperial Sentinels are mysteriously kept on the sidelines. Duke Westen knows that High Admiral Greganin's limited success is a threat he must put down personally, so he crosses the galaxy in a ship no one can catch, using starlanes no one else can jump, all the while controlling the war through the Empire's own ImpCom. And while he's in the neighborhood, he plans to stop by the Green Empire for a badly needed discussion with Grand Admiral Aatroxiss...