CHAPTER 14
Pall Gilgard was on the observation deck of the command bridge, scrupulously following the Emperor’s orders to a tee, but something stuck in the pit of his stomach the moment he started the preparations. He had always embraced the cause of purging non-humans without nurturing any reservation, but indiscriminately killing men, women, and children of his own species was something he could not accept.
The holo-screens all lit up simultaneously, showing a real-time feed of what the probes on the field were seeing. They had been positioned along the perimeter of the mining colony on Chakar III and inside the most densely populated areas of the settlement. As soon as the fires were stoked, the cold black eyes of the probes would witness the horrifying death of thousands of people. T
