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A week after that incident, Altair and General Vega had been fully recovered from their wounds. They were now preparing for the war by tuning their mechs. Altair was fixing some part of his SSS Boxer, and General Vega replaced the machine gun on his Man Drill mech with saw blade again.
They knew the war was near, though it was inevitable because they decided to defect from the Kingdom and started a new kingdom with Sweren as its main capital. Altair and General Vega had been preparing everything since the first day after that incident anyway.
General Vega Satellarnus' soldiers were loyal to the General, whom they witnessed had fought valiantly against the Zergs for years. Sometimes, the nobles and royal family would like to sabotage the General by sending him lesser supply. This happened because they wanted to take some for themselves like the corrupt officials always did.