"The core temperature is spiking."
A cloaked technician screamed the warning across the cavernous Swiss bunker. He slammed his fists against his pristine marble console.
Project Echo operated at maximum capacity in the thermosphere. The massive orbital weapon generated a suffocating digital dampening field. It was designed to crush unauthorized global broadcasts in a fraction of a second.
The American anomaly was actively parrying every single attack in real time.
The Head Arbiter stood behind the technicians in his crimson velvet coat. He watched the massive holographic globe hovering in the center of the room.
The global map flickered erratically. The green lights of the sovereign connection fought through the heavy red blanket of the corporate jammer.
"Increase the algorithmic mut
