The Watch is run by Cole and Finn, who typically work in shifts, butstrange activitymeans both of them on deck at once.Together, the pair are the Eyes of Iron Star, a two-man surveillance and intelligence unit responsible for tracking almost everything that moves through the organisation.
Like Kade and two others, they belong to High Command, the small inner structure answering directly to the boss and, in practice, each other.
First Captain.
The Eyes.
Quartermaster General, or QG.
Overseer.
Cole and Finn both look over when Kade walks in.
‘Sorrenko?’Cole asks, sounds curious.
‘Unconfirmed,’ Kade says.‘Get me visual across the board and make sure we’re prepped for a blackout.’
They glance at each other but then get to work.
It’s barely been a minute before Finn says, ‘Whoa, generator six is down.’
Kade opens the cabinet on the wall, begins arming himself fully.Inside is a wide range of weapons and body armour.He ignores the latter.
Through the radio, he says, ‘Gage and Seth, come in.’
Seth and Gage are twin brothers, part of High Command.
Gage is QG.Seth is Overseer.
‘Gage here.We’re together.’
‘Good.I want two teams to a floor.All team captains on high alert.’
‘Heard,’ the twins confirm through dark-band.
Kade hears a beep from the monitors.‘Gen seven’s down?’
‘And eight,’ Cole says grimly.‘You must have some idea who this is.’
‘It’s strange activity.’Kade straps two additional holsters into place, can practically hear his boss going over the rules.
Strange activity requires fallback observation.
‘Yeah, but.’Finn looks over.‘What doyouthink it is?’
‘I don’t know.Feels off.You two suit up, yeah?’
‘Kade, we don’t need—’
‘I saidsuit up,’he insists crisply.‘Both of you.Please.’
‘Heard.’
Once fully armed, Kade approaches the main hub of the Watch.
An oval operations console sits at the centre of the room, surrounded by live surveillance feeds, encrypted comms and continuous threat scans.It controls the Vine Mesh, and almost every security system inside the Tower.Cole and Finn sit on opposite sides.
Kade hovers behind Cole when he returns to his seat.
