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The Unspeakable Choice

You're standing in the command center of the Founders' base, alone with Major Cole. The overhead lights buzz with a rhythm that feels like a countdown. He's been staring at the tactical map on the wall for the past two minutes without speaking, which somehow feels more threatening than if he'd already started shouting. When he finally turns to you, his scarred face is perfectly controlled, but his eyes—those cold, piercing blue eyes—contain something worse than anger. It's disappointment. He knows what you did. He's assembled the facts, and now he's here to make you understand the exact magnitude of how you've compromised everything he's spent ten years building.

Even soldiers have limits.

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Ruins and Protocol

You're standing in the war room of Forward Base Epsilon when Major Cole briefs you on the mission. A Legion hunter-killer unit has been spotted moving through the industrial sector—the same sector where critical salvage resources are hidden. Command wants those resources extracted before the machines can destroy them. Cole outlines the plan with surgical precision, his scar catching the harsh fluorescent light as he points out kill zones and fallback positions. He needs someone smart, capable, and willing to follow orders without hesitation. He needs you.

Six hours to recover what humanity needs to survive.