A blaring alarm echoed across the fortress, making the stone walls vibrate under a red strobe light.
Ethan frowned as he watched the control panels flash with crimson warning symbols.
"What is that, Crul?" asked Ethan.
[It appears something is wrong, Master], replied Crul in his mind, operating at a blistering speed. [We have been detected. The base's secondary fail-safe activated, and they are attempting to initiate the fortress's self-destruction protocol.]
"Can you override it?" questioned Ethan firmly.
[I am on it, but that is not the worst part], reported Crul as the consoles fired command lines to bypass the charges. [I intercepted hundreds of transmissions. They managed to broadcast our position before I could seal the frequencies. They are issuing requests for massive reinforcements; the entire enemy fleet is about to be deployed against our position.]
