Kieran stood alone on the rooftop of the Aegis Dome—the once-abandoned stadium in the heart of NovaCity now turned into Eclipse's first global war room.
It was almost surreal.
Floodlights buzzed softly below, casting long shadows over crates, weaponized sync-pods, generators, and reinforced platforms. Tents sprawled across the field like a military camp from another world. Soldiers ran drills in one section. Civilians-turned-players were being evaluated in another. Drones hovered low, scanning vitals, projecting class windows onto transparent screens.
And at the very center—was the Central Node Gate.
A shimmering, silver arch powered by both server and system. Kieran had designed it with help from high-level Ghost engineers. It served one purpose:
Mass deployment.
No more logging in from scattered pods.
This gate could drop hundreds into Eclipse simultaneously—into one sector. One battlefield. One cause.
They called it Operation Parallax.
