Perfikot's large-scale operations in France and the Desert Kingdom quickly reached the heartland and the Northern Territory of the Empire.
Like a stone cast into a tranquil lake, the news stirred ripples among the Empire's upper echelons and Northern nobles.
The Empire had long anticipated that the iron-willed Regent, with her thunderous methods, would suppress the colonial rebellion.
After all, when Perfikot piloted the sky-obscuring Floating City away from the Northern Territory, any discerning individual knew she would use this airborne fortress's terrifying power to reassert the Empire's authority.
The executed rebels and the scorched earth left by the Floating City's artillery all declared to the colonies: any challenge to the Empire's rule would be met with severe consequences.
As for the corrupt governors she dealt with along the way, the Empire's nobility considered it a trivial matter.
