Maya's massive head inclined slightly, golden eyes gleaming with approval. "Help us save your people. All of them."
The Nullifier nodded, then activated his communication system, not the compromised Order frequencies, but the backup channel reserved for field operatives to report command corruption.
"All units, this is Nullifier Designation Echo-Seven," he broadcast, his voice steady despite the chaos erupting around them. "Protocol Seven Omega has been corrupted. The Order command structure has been compromised. I repeat, our own leadership is targeting us."
Throughout Pioneer Square, Order operatives paused in their advance, the unmistakable authentication codes in the Nullifier's transmission forcing them to acknowledge his warning.
"The dragons are not the enemy," he continued, his
