Encrypted Intercept - Zarzakh, The Fulcrum - The Hissi Fit Lounge ZZ Branch
SD: Triskaes in position
GB: SpringZeal Units in position
L: Jammer pulse online, they’ll be Scrambling to get any eyes back up in that part of the Ruin Quarters. Emanation locks haven’t significantly impeded ingress of support transports carrying materials, nor has ‘Fulcrum Docking Control’… too much real-estate they don’t actually have personnel to cover, but expect eventual impedance if we can’t secure docks on the outer edge of Ruin Quarters
GE: Execute engagement. Mark. Beginning Breach of Relay Jacks.
SD: ■■■■, power spike. Automated defenses. Triskaedekaphobes engaging.
GB: SpringZeals Engaging Deathless Wraith and Commando Guri baseline and vanguard patrols in the perimeter near our ingress docks.
L: Second jammer pulse going live, trying to keep their comms scrambled.
GE: Taskforce Palatine units engaging automated defe- … Subroutine Checksum error 511.518.514.515.6.7.8b
SD: Triskaes taking a beating but we’re dug in… ■■■■ Palatine units are going berserk, ■■■■. Our mobile CRUs are keeping up for now
GE: Subroutine Checksum Bypass Override. Direct Intervention Necessary. Apologies For The Brief Inconvenience. The Fulcrum appears to have disrupted subroutine 11.5.66.89.05-A by advanced network defenses, Primary Cores engaging significant electronic countermeasures via multiple Relay Jacks. It has been some time since I’ve had a real challenge. Taskforce Palatine Units brought to heel and properly tasked to physical combat support.
L: You said this wasn’t a possibility!
GE: I said the probability of a subroutine disrupt was exceptionally low or improbable, not impossible.
L: ■■■■, okay, keep at it.
GE: The Deathless almost certainly knows we’re accessing these systems now, but he does not yet know who is doing it. There is a high probability he will in time but we can continue to obfuscate for a while.