Eleven hostile entities ringed the Singapore perimeter, the dimensional pressure so intense that civilians forty kilometers away reported the sky shimmering and shifting color, reality itself looking unstable under a manifestation density nobody had ever seen before. Rama coordinated from forward command, where Timeline 48, three cooperative entities, and 847 Coalition Champions faced an assault big enough to threaten the whole facility.
Reinforcements came in fast. Dimensional gates opened across the grounds, dropping in Champions from Tokyo, Moscow, and New York, every deployment Rodriguez could mobilize on short notice. Personnel climbed from 847 to 1,340 in ninety minutes.
Numbers weren't enough on their own. Eleven Ancient-class entities coordinating together multiplied their effectiveness in a way that raw Coalition headcount couldn't match.
