"Make the broadcast live across every active sector, and do it now," Aiden commanded, his voice slicing through the low hum of the tactical operations deck. The command console within the primary wing of the Radar Control Centre thrummed with raw electronic power. A vast, panoramic glass wall looked out over the darkened sprawl of the facility, but inside, all attention remained locked onto the glowing displays. Across the giant digital grid mapping Neo-Jakarta, thousands of flickering blue and white sensor dots represented the biological pulses of the civilian and military population. Now, a massive crimson classification window overrode the primary telemetry systems. "Command validation accepted," the automated system terminal chimed in a cold, synthesized voice. "Processing interna

