The execution yard sat two blocks outside the Citadel boundary, where the six-anchor suppression field weakened any territorial route Nox tried to extend. Rook had picked the place carefully: open pavement, broadcast towers, high roofs, and no cover that did not lead into a marked firing lane.
Vasa marked those lanes across the operations table while Diana held the government feed in a corner of the screen. Harlan, Yara, and the two gate observers were tied to a steel rail beneath the main camera, with the signed root agreement displayed behind them as evidence of their alleged crime.
"Four shooters are on the roof, two under the platform, and a reserve team behind the ambulance bay; relay drones make the obvious approach visible from every side," Vasa said.
"Then we hit it anyway, because he wants us to calculate them into a loss," Ava replied, heat rolling along her gauntlet as she looked at the captured witnesses.
