Admiral Hiltraud Kaiser listened to the alarms screaming throughout the command centre. Nuremburg had gone, gone. Whatever had managed it had also taken out the Regensburg and the Augsburg Colony, which was why Hiltraud was having issues with hearing anything else right now. Compact of form and fairly pretty of face Hiltrauds stern reputation came from many years of active military service, recruits and commanders alike had learned to listen when she spoke.
Admiral, maam. Report coming in, one survivor. A Zoner from Freeport 9. Captured this footage.
Play it. Cold almost emotionless Hiltraud watched as the black ships destroyed nearly 6 billion people.
She turned the klaxons off.
Send this to every House intelligence service, every underground contact we have. There is a new player in the game, and they do not come bearing gifts.
Activity was immediate, scurrying to and fro as the Admiral considered her options. Whatever this new demon was it contained the power to obliterate systems.
