Kessler was asleep in the driver's seat when the panel finally lit up.
Hans almost didn't wake him for it. Almost.
He had spent most of the four hours going through the folders on the SUV's hood, signing what needed signing, glancing up every so often at Ramp Four, still open, still uncovered.
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[ Construction queue finished for: Pillbox. Please select deployment zone. ]
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Hans set the folder down and pulled the Radar map forward.
Auer was already crossing over, clipboard tucked under one arm. She had spent most of the wait with the Route One Engineer team while Kessler slept inside the PCV.
"Commander. Same spot as the folder called for?"
"Show me the footprint first."
"Small. The placement angle matters more than the space it takes."
Hans dragged the structure's flat outline across the map. A faint green shape followed his hand, hovering over the ramp mouth, sliding when he did, fading where the terrain didn't qualify.
