Balboa’s Patricio Carrera has driven the Tauran Union from his adoptedcountry, driven them out with appalling loss and worse, humiliation.That’s not enough though. To finally finish his enemies, Carrera needs todraw them back for a more telling defeat. He cannot take the battle to thembecause, beyond some long range bombardment capability, he cannot reach them.But when they return, they don’t plan to come alone; they insist on havingsomeone else do most of the bleeding for them. Carrera understands this. Andthat’s why he’s provoked the Zhong Guo mercilessly, infuriatingtheir ruling Empress. He needs the Zhong in the war, to buck up the Taurans tocontinue the war to its bitterest end and not unending stalemate.

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Visual artist(s): Jim Mahfood, Dave Crosland