Vasa's revised map covered the science-wing wall from floor to ceiling. Each government anchor appeared as a white point with a red trigger field beneath it, and thin route lines showed which hospital, water pump, barrier yard, or transit platform depended on that anchor staying alive.
"Destroying one is not a solution. This field supports the treatment district and river purification station, so without a replacement people downstream lose clean water before the government loses a weapon," Vasa said, tapping the north water mark.
"Then we take them," Kendra said after studying the other marks in silence.
"Taking six anchors needs six teams, timing information, and people who know what their own districts cannot afford to lose. The Citadel has forty-six fighters, and it does not own the city," Vasa replied.
