Even though the Steam Knights and the Floating City had blown away the separatists and rebels in one round, for Perfikot, this did not mean the end of things.
She stood in the command room of the Floating City, overlooking the city below that had just experienced the fires of war, but there wasn't a trace of victory's joy in her heart.
She knew this victory was only superficial; the real crisis still lurked in every corner of the Empire.
The reason she initially didn't use military means was because she understood clearly that a war couldn't solve the problem and would instead exacerbate conflicts.
The war brought only temporary submission, not true allegiance.
The cities that had been suppressed seemed to return to peace on the surface, but the undercurrents of resistance flowed like underground magma, ready to erupt at any moment.
