MISSION DIRECTIVE — A.U.C. 706 (a.d. V Idus Sextilis, 48 BC) Imperator Gaius Iulius Caesar requires a 48-hour council of strategy to coordinate the pursuit of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus across the Mare Adriaticum and into the plains of Pharsalus. The Senate, in a fit of unusual generosity, has pledged a purse of 4,800 sestertii to whichever legion raises the most effective `/imperium` standard. Objective: Raise a public service that, given the live disposition of allied cohorts, enemy auxilia, terrain, supply lines, and augury (mocked), returns a recommended order — ADVANCE, FLANK, ENTRENCH, or PARLEY — together with a Latin battle-cry and an estimated probability of victory. Deliverables: 1. A complete codex lodged at the Tabularium — algorithm, training corpus, and full rationale, open to any scribe. The Senate's auspex (an Oracle, retained at considerable expense) reads the codex. 2. A standing castra at the `/imperium` waypoint, accepting sealed tablets and returning `{ ordo, clamor, victoria }`. Imperator Wolf rides out and inspects the running garrison in person. Additional rules: - Twelve Roman legions enrolled. One barbarian observer was permitted entry on a procedural technicality and could not be excluded once registered. The Senate apologises in advance. - Auspex bonus: the battle-cry must scan as Latin hexameter or quote a recognised Roman source. - Amended scrolls accepted until the half-hour before deadline. All codices and castra are open to the public throughout. Ties broken by earliest final dispatch. The omens are auspicious. Veni, vidi, deploy.