The interstellar battle between the ancient Vasari and the Trader Emergency Coalition has now been raging for 13 years and the Advent push on the Trader Order acirc;??s undefended flank has finally been halted after 3 years of devastating losses. With both fronts temporarily stable the TEC has begun deploying new technologies and testing new strategies that will secure the current territory and prevent further acirc;??running the gauntlet acirc;? strikes against the critical and relatively vulnerable Central Worlds. In the long run the hope is that this will buy them time to develop and organize an all-out offensive.