The central transmission spire of the Crowncast broadcasting tower hummed with immense electromagnetic energy, radiating waves of azure starlight into the night sky.
Diana stood at the center of the master relay chamber, her slender hands hovering above fifty glowing crystal interface plates.
"The Directorate has initiated a forced bypass across twenty-four regional data conduits," Diana announced, her silver eyes glowing with telekinetic focus.
"They are flooding the network with five hundred million gold coins from the sovereign emergency reserves," Vasa reported, tracking the financial data streams.
"Every civilian interface ring in the nation is receiving twenty Divine Coins on the condition that they close the broadcast," Jax said, watching the alert pop up on his own wrist screen.
"Twenty Divine Coins can feed an ordinary family of four for six solid months," Sir Owen noted, looking out over the illuminated capital city below.
