Drakia actually did a lot better than I thought. Sure, they might have not have gained that much territory and their military has been pretty much gutted by the Final War, but it is quite the accomplishment that they were able to force both America and China into making peace with them within two years, even if that peace will only last for little more than a year.
Klein...lol, all this time, I thought that Klein's Last Act was him going to be making some valiant speech urging the American people to keep fighting or maybe him pulling some kind of heroic sacrifice that helps turn the war in the Alliance's favor. Nope! Turns out that it's Klein surrendering America to Drakia and declaring himself effectively dictator for life. Classic Klein. I do think though that if Klein lives enough, he will eventually rejoin the war to crush Drakia. I have to wonder how the majority of Americans are reacting to this. Are they angry that Klein sued for peace, or are they just relieved that they can finally put an end to the Stone Dogs plague and start rebuilding society again? Regardless, I imagine that CLO Annette Dofour is furious with Klein's actions.
The token invasion force carried by what remained of the Imperial Navy, a miss-matched collection of civilian ships, and even a handful of captured Alliance vessels, was commanded by the young general Godfrey Knight (newly promoted as men above him were killed) whose career had never been particularly helped or hurt by his mother being the youngest daughter of Lindsey Stoker.
Klein's descendants certainly seem to carry the same luck that he has. I wonder if Klein realized that Knight was his grandson. I'm also kind of wondering now if Klein made any attempt to contact Fortuna Stoker after he came back to America.
