7:43 PM - ATTACK BEGINS
The first explosion came earlier than expected.
Rama was coordinating with Network guards on the east rooftop when the western wall breaching charge detonated. Not at the main entrance. Not at obvious access points. At a reinforced maintenance door that should've been unknown to outsiders.
They'd done reconnaissance beyond what Network surveillance detected. Mapped every entrance. Every weakness. Every vulnerability.
"WEST WALL BREACH!" Guard-2 shouted into comms. "Multiple hostiles entering! Eight—no, ten—TWELVE contacts!"
Twelve confirmed. But Arif's message had mentioned "extra operatives." How many extra?
Rama activated [Tactical Overseer], perception expanding across the entire headquarters. Champions mobilizing throughout the building. Sekar in command center coordinating. Network guards repositioning to intercept.
And flooding through the western breach—fifteen operatives. Not twelve. Fifteen.
