The command center buzzed with activity.
Vance stood at the central console, his father beside him. The monitors showed the Phoenix's global network coming online. Operatives in every time zone were receiving their orders. The machine was waking up.
"Echo, give me the status on the European cells."
"All cells are reporting in. The Collective has a command center in Berlin. That's our primary target."
"Secondary targets?"
"Three safe houses across the city. They're being used as staging points for their operatives."
Vance studied the map. Berlin. The heart of the Collective's European operations.
"We hit all four targets simultaneously," he said. "Echo, you're on comms and surveillance. Hawk, you take the command center. Flint, you're on the safe houses. Kai, you're on logistics."
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