Four years after convergence crisis, Coalition deployed Timeline 48 to routine void fracture outside Berlin. Lv182 entities. Standard defensive operation requiring three Champions coordinating suppression protocols efficiently. Mission briefing lasted twelve minutes. Equipment requisition minimal. Deployment executed within ninety minutes notification received.
Felt mundane. Felt normal. Felt routine.
Felt perfect.
Rama stood in Berlin defensive perimeter watching Coalition team establishing containment field around fracture point emanating dimensional instability visibly. Blue energy crackling along barrier edges. Equipment humming steadily. Personnel coordinating through quantum comm networks efficiently. Everything functioning exactly as defensive doctrine specified operating normally.
