he first coordinated attack happened seventy-two hours after Lord announced acceleration.
Three refugee camps. Three different sectors. Simultaneous strikes.
Valorin's operatives did not try to capture this time. They did not attempt recalibration. They killed.
At Camp Serenity, thirty-seven bridge tier beings died before local defenders could respond. The operatives used disruption fields to suppress their targets' multiple-state existence, then executed them with precision shots to their cores.
At Camp Haven, a refugee being used her bridge tier nature to phase partially into suppressed reality, escaping the initial assault. She survived long enough to send a distress signal before the operatives adapted and killed her.
At Camp Solace, the defenders managed to hold the line. Four operatives were captured. The rest retreated.
Owen received the reports while preparing evacuation routes for a collapsing civilization in the outer sectors.
He read them twice.
