A brief recollection of events.

[Rodent]

The following is an excerpt from one of the many briefings being given to survivors of the Toledo battle.

"...but they did. They did indeed, Rand." - Shevchenko replied quietly. He leaned closer to Rend. "Everyone here is on the edge right now. Some say the worst is yet to come. And yet I get the feeling you knew it already."

More footages followed on screens. Battles in Omicron Delta, Omicron Minor. Order clashing in fierce fight against Core in space and down the surface. Bombers high above in skies bombing ground facilities, assault transports landing. Reinforcements from Omicron-100 arriving. Nomad fleet sighted at Omicron Delta on approach. Various guncams. Back at Toledo starports the panic takes over, a crowd breaks the queue line and rushes to storm evacuation transports. Nomads, more and more of them. Rand seen a lot, but never so many. Footages continued with a quick glimpse of a Core cruiser fleeing away, followed by several smaller ships. Isis collapsing and falling apart. One after another ships were going down. A flash across the horizon, a single shot taken by one of the last ships to make out of that place.

"We don't have a full picture of what happened yet. All communications in Omicron Minor went down in a moment, the place is dead silent. A few scouts we could spare are looking for survivors and finding out... anything. Of all the populartion of Toledo only close to two hundred thousands made it out, and the number is dwindling - many are injured, critically, and we can't handle this, med bays are full. Here we try to hold up, somehow. It's worse at Akabat, that's where most were evacuated to. Transports are scheduled to take some to Zoners while there is still yet time for some, and we're having all that is left and able out here on full alert, mechanics at Evora are repairing ships that made out from the massacre, but we're running out of materials. Most of our fleet is gone. So this is where we stand, Rand. It's been a week yet, we're hearing more and more are found dead, and I can't begin to estimate our losses."

"This is just came through from one of the scouts returned from Omicron Minor."

"I will not lie, Rand. If they'll come - we're done for, but this is where we stand and we have nowhere to go anymore, this is it. I heard things are going bad all over the Sirius, and I don't know if this is coincedence or there is a method to this madness."

//Thanks to Yuri for the briefing RP, and thanks to Darth_google for the screenshots.