Once you reach the 3rd Companies HQ tent you are all looked over by an older officer who is introduced as the 3rd's commander, and one of the highest ranked officers on the front lines. He gives a welcoming speech and tells a few of his old military stories to try and make you feel at home but ends with telling you all that one of your number ran off during questioning towards the front lines so was probably working with the others that had disappeared.


He quickly changes the subject and tells you that the most important matter at hand is getting this base up and running. You can see the start of the fortifications from here and the men working on them so he leaves you back in the care of Capt. Argor (who it appears requested to be assigned to your squad) and he takes you to the work site.


Once there you are divided into smaller teams and sent off to the areas that suit your skills best but 2 other highly trained men and your self are kept back and are taken to the work-site overseer's tent. Due to your experience you each given teams to command and areas of the fort to work on, The deadlines are strict but your labor is made up of disciplined soldiers so work should progress quickly.


Weeks pass and the forts defenses and main buildings are fully constructed right on schedule. Capt. Argor calls in a few of the team leaders including yourself for a chat.


"Well boys the work here has gone great, but the 1st and 2nd haven't been idle either and and still pushing on ahead. Resistance is growing as they near Carn but we should have it under siege but the time spring hits. That being the case we need men and overseers on the front lines to quickly erect new defense lines and set up all the siege works once we reach their walls. The rest will remain here to finish off these forts and make them defensible and livable for years to come. I for one will be heading forward, its dangerous but I was never one for waiting around, who else wants the exciting job?"

You stay back to finish off the fort's defences

The Capt. Looks right at you obviously wanting you to volunteer but you don't raise your hand and silently watch as he and the group of volunteers head out to the front.


The rest of you get back to work and the teams that no longer have overseers are split between you, but you know the work by now and more importantly most of the workers in the 3rd have been building these forts for years so know the work whether you do or not. The fort is finished on schedule and your men even find time to do some minor detailing on the wood and stone to make it feel more like a town than a front line fort.


News comes in from the front and you hear about your army's advance, and as spring is about to start you hear that Carn is finally encircled and that the siege lines are being build by the 3rd company already. You are once again amazed by the fast progress but keep your concerns to yourself.


A few of you are given minor promotions for the speedy work and are retained at the fort for maintenance work and the continued important works that the commanders want. Your company has even managed to bring out or build proper long tables and roasting pits for the food hall. Its just when you are on your way to a meeting concerning the replacement of a wooden structure with stone that the news comes in.


Carn launched a major counterattack from their city before the defenses and war machines were ready. they were beaten back but your army suffered very heavy casualties, some squads and platoons being completely wiped out. You ask about the 3rd but are told that they heroically held a defense line in front of the medic tents against horrific odds, most of them are getting medals for it but only 6 out of the 100 men there survived so the medals will be posthumous.


Feeling saddened by the news you barely hear about how the Carn army was beaten back in the nick of time by a flanking maneuver. Nor do you listen to reports that bombardment of the city started with firebombs in 'revenge for the Old Quarter'.


You stay on at the fort for a few weeks then head back to the city as a military man, you settle into a city construction position and take no further part in the war, which quickly ends with your city's complete victory.