After the first three years of the war against Lord Hedrick, Caesar—empowered by the intelligence flowing from the Shadow Swords—was able to launch a series of massive campaigns that swept across the entirety of the 100th Mid Sector. With a strike as swift as lightning, he astonished the sector by seizing nearly two hundred planets with what appeared to be almost no effort at all.
Yet, despite this rapid success, Caesar never chose to directly assault the imperial capitals or annihilate any power completely. His strategy was precise and deliberate: he would seize their planets with a relatively small number of forces, fortify them thoroughly, and then move on. In his eyes, such a controlled expansion was far more valuable—and less wasteful—than a devastating total war against the core capitals themselves.
