Ever since I had that chance meeting with Lola in the Totem Area, where she confided the awkward predicament of being a leader within a weaker civilization, I had been constantly preoccupied with that matter.
That is, the strengths of worlds under the Empire were uneven, the combat methods of various vassal armies were vastly different, and their combat quality was utterly irregular. With such armies, how could they possibly be fit for real warfare on the battlefield, without being treated like cannon fodder forced into battle at bayonet point, as it had been during the Old Empire Era?
