Date: TC1853.07.01 (Dawn)
Location: Seven Peaks - Northwest Wall and Perimeter
Raven met them personally.
She'd been moving since the cyborg carriers appeared on sensors—spiritual energy propelling her across Luminous Haven at speeds that left afterimages in her wake. The civilians were safe in shelters. The disciples were at their positions. The defensive network was engaging.
But some threats required a personal response.
She reached the northwest wall section as the first mechanical nightmare hauled itself over the battlements. Morning light caught its metal frame, glinting off chrome and steel that had once been wrapped in human flesh. The synthetic skin had been stripped away by aggressive flora, revealing the truth beneath—pistons and servos and weapons systems that no human body should contain.
