Date: TC1853.07.01 (Dawn)
Location: Seven Peaks - Northwest Wall and Perimeter
The attack came with the sunrise.
Raven felt it before the alarms—a disturbance in the ambient spiritual energy, like ripples spreading across still water. She was already moving when the first warning shrieked through Seven Peaks, her violet eyes snapping open in the pre-dawn darkness of her quarters.
"All stations, Code Black," Thorne's voice crackled through every communicator in the settlement. "Federation assault force incoming from the west. All civilians to shelters immediately. Combat personnel to defensive positions. This is not a drill."
The words that ended seven days of preparation and waiting.
Finally.
