Ramp-Up Phase

The Faction Wars phase whose expiry strips borders of meaning and opens the whole map to attack.

Story so far

During the Ramp-Up Phase of Faction Wars, sector borders constrain where factions can advance. Once it expires, the borders stop having any real meaning and the enemy can attack from anywhere, which is why Carl kept Tran's 102nd Bulwark Battalion at the old trenches instead of pushing into the newly-won sector four, and turned the empty hills into The Trap Fields as an early-warning net.

The phase ends in two hours, giving way to Open Hostilities and, simultaneously, Operation Ruin.

Role

The border-constraining phase whose expiry opens total war.

Relationships

Faction Wars — The event it structures

Open Hostilities — The phase that follows it

The Trap Fields — Carl's answer to the coming loss of borders

Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter

Chapter 10

Timed Faction Wars stage tied to the ceasefire's end, which Florin insists the Posse must plan around.

Chapter 19

The 180-hour second phase of the war, which suppresses offensive magic, teleports and free border crossings.

Chapter 66

The Faction Wars phase whose expiry strips borders of meaning and opens the whole map to attack.