Risen

[Ryummel]

The healing process was slow yet effective. As Aubert was explained, the natural procedure of the human body to react against a wound was called scarring, which usually left visible marks acting as 'skin bandages' over the wound itself. Probably he wouldn't have resorted to the following costly method if the wound was located anywhere else but his cheek, result of an unforeseen encounter with Royalist troops as the Council failed in the first attempt to 'rescue' him. This, of course, would result in him not giving the image that a people's army would have expected from their future commander, the mastermind they had put their hopes on to lead the remnants of the Liberation Navy that were adamantly resisting in Champagne system.

As the rest of the High Command was fairly aware that the Council's commanders had to be both sharp-minded and charismatic, certain research elements of Solar Engineering that finally found their place in the rebellion gladly offered themselves to apply their knowledge in the field of tissue regeneration so Aubert's problem would be eventually solved. The face scars were no more. Instead, healthy skin replaced the dead tissue across his cheek, all of this thank to the miracle of regeneration, more proper of amphibians, reptiles and similar beings. "Did you know the human fetus is also able to regenerate any kind body part, monsieur Colonel?" Aubert stared through the mirror, stroking his own cheek, fully healed. "Incredible."

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However, this wasn't in any way the biggest of his concerns stalking his mind. The Second Gallic War was far away from ending, and while his comrades exiled in Sirius tried to do their best to keep the supply lines between Roussillon and Champagne working, he alongside Colonel LaFlamme had to patch up the incoming addition of a brand new very heavy fighter craft to the Council forces... And also dealing with the potential Nomad threat in his very own homeland as he was warned by Admiral Golanski of the Order, one of the many Sirian groups still unknown to him.

Moreover, if said Nomads considered Sirians as invaders, the duty of every gallic was to remove the alien presence from their untouched space too.