Velmir — Oroskan Black Development Facility, Two Weeks After "Project Veles" Activation
The old tunnels had once been meant for mining. Cold veins of iron and copper carved out decades ago by laborers long forgotten. Now, under the bone-white flicker of arc-lanterns, the halls pulsed with a different energy—one built of secrecy, obsession, and revenge.
Dozens of engineers, their coats branded with the mark of the Tsar's secret industrial corps, filed in and out of reinforced doors. Blueprints rustled. Sparks flew from cutting tables. Vats of coolant hissed against glowing metal. The ceiling above them groaned with the weight of ice and war.
At the heart of it all stood Design Cell 17, where Project Veles had officially taken root.
The serpent was no codename for intimidation—it was prophecy.
Where Hawkfire embodied grace, Veles was brute intent.
