He looked at his data-pad. A notification blinked: Update 3 Pending.
But as he watched Elara struggle with a jammed data-link, Kaelen realized the "Peace" they were keeping was a facade. The files he’d seen in the RAR archives back at base hinted at a deeper corruption—a "ver. 5" project that wasn't about protection, but total suppression.
"Stay sharp," whispered Elara, the squad's tech specialist. "The locals don't like the 'Peace' we're bringing. They’ve been scavenging the old v.4 tech, and it’s made them twitchy."
Their mission was simple: stabilize Sector 7, a region where gravity was more of a suggestion than a law. As Kaelen’s squad descended in a rattling dropship, he looked out at the landscape. Shards of obsidian-like rock floated above rivers of liquid mercury.
He looked at his data-pad. A notification blinked: Update 3 Pending.
But as he watched Elara struggle with a jammed data-link, Kaelen realized the "Peace" they were keeping was a facade. The files he’d seen in the RAR archives back at base hinted at a deeper corruption—a "ver. 5" project that wasn't about protection, but total suppression.
"Stay sharp," whispered Elara, the squad's tech specialist. "The locals don't like the 'Peace' we're bringing. They’ve been scavenging the old v.4 tech, and it’s made them twitchy."
Their mission was simple: stabilize Sector 7, a region where gravity was more of a suggestion than a law. As Kaelen’s squad descended in a rattling dropship, he looked out at the landscape. Shards of obsidian-like rock floated above rivers of liquid mercury.