With the internal sabotage contained, the board was completely clean.
The hunter wave was defeated, the western gate held, the specialist unit dead and the silent attack on the recovery halls failed. All of which came down to blood, time and parts of the final strike force being used that should've been saved for the enclave. The palace was filled with the scent of smoke, herbs and acrid ink. Everyone moved through the halls of the palace like a battered body unsure if it should give in to its injuries.
Lucian entered the strategy hall with the new lattice summary before the next big orb cycle. The numbers were bleak.
