Purity remnants had bolted toward the core territories with stolen variance data clutched tight. Elara wasted no time. She greenlit a rapid pursuit task force to stop them from seeding binding weapons across the heavily populated core worlds.
The mission called for stealth insertion, targeted sabotage, and enough psychological disruption to buy the empire breathing room.
Elizabeth took point on the covert insertion team. Lira handled psychological ops, Mira managed ancient coordination. Reyes fed them gray-veil infiltration routes. Sira commanded the strike element. Veyra stayed glued to the monitors, tracking the team's accelerating physiological changes.
Deep in core space, the team slipped into a Purity stronghold disguised as a routine resupply depot. The ancient integration made them harder to detect, but it also cranked up their drives during tense moments.
