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ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY, the soldiers on the data center level of the facility had been ordered hours earlier to create waist high fortifications using sandbags at either end of the corridor. The corridor was 200 feet long and was the only connection between the elevator and stairwell entrances to access this level and the data center. There were doors at each end of the corridor which allowed access to the data center itself.
The soldiers were instructed to kill anyone who came out of the elevator or stairwell doors or approached to within 20 feet of the elevator or stairwell doors on their side.
Strategically they were in compromised positions as they had a direct crossfire if they were to shoot straight down the corridor. These were, however, the best defenses that cou
