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Kou continued, laying out the planned advance routes and projected deployments across each region.

「Of course, our strength isn’t limited to Trireme alone. We’ll be playing a few indirect hands as well.」

「Oh? So you’ve still got pieces left to move.」

「Once the operation begins, I’ll put in a request with the Mercenary Association and hire several Underground Forces. A few strike units will be able to mobilize immediately. If they’re short on equipment, we’ll loan out Trireme’s mass-production units. The old models we can practically give away for cheap.」

Trireme’s mainline mass-production Silhouettes were in the middle of a refresh cycle.

The model varied depending on whether the mercenaries were merely affiliated or formally inducted into Trireme’s ranks. Those with formal ties were granted the new Ursus from General Arms—a legitimate successor to the Bear, unlike the Bison, which had been captured and reproduced by the Stones. The Ursus was easy to handle,