Diana held twelve city signatures inside one damaged relay when the strike team entered the freight junction. Her telekinesis fixed the central core, three cameras, and the cracked floor beneath them because losing any one piece would break the distributed validation path.
The officers carried Directorate armor without Crowncast press badges; Dorian had moved the attack outside his private security structure, allowing national force to call the relay a criminal transmitter.
"Step away from the equipment and receive witness protection. Continued contact makes you part of Nox's attack," the team leader said.
"The witnesses chose their own feeds. Your protection begins by turning them off," Diana replied.
She could throw every officer against the wall, but releasing the floor would collapse the relay room. The first suppression round struck her fixed field and spread force across the cameras she was already holding.
