And this, surely their biggest accomplishment in more than a decade, was no different. Nevertheless, seeing their latest monstrosity rendered on screen in the Hall of Maati was one thing but to see it up close… Luther couldn't help but hope for spectacle.

He turned to Viceroy Macek. "Shall we?"

Macek nodded and he helped the old man to his feet. Together, they made their way to the window under the scrutiny of many. Looking down, several stories below, was a massive staging area, the kind one could perform a military precession on… or fight a battle. A runway of concrete, flanked on both sides by earthen bunkers, pockmarked and charred in places.

Everyone in the hall moved to the windows, shouldering one another for a view. Macek's personal vanguard, three Agency 0 officers...

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