The trap sprang with violent, overwhelming sensory overload.
Inside the server room, the four Vanguard strobe emitters detonated simultaneously. They didn't flash once. They strobed at 15 hertz. Blinding, disorienting, high-frequency white light that turned the room into a chaotic, strobing nightmare.
Through the camera feed, I watched the room turn white. Every surface, every server rack, every shadow got erased and redrawn 15 times a second.
The Imperial Shadows were wearing highly sensitive quad-lens night vision goggles. The light amplification technology in their lenses instantly overloaded. The auto-gain tried to compensate and failed. It was like staring into the sun while wearing sunglasses that turned it into a supernova.
They ripped the goggles off their faces, stumbling backward, hands flying to their eyes. I could see their mouths open in silent curses. For 3 seconds they were blind. In that world, 3 seconds is death.
