The living metal from her body flowed out, shaping itself into her power armor in seconds. When it finished, she walked out of the newly built command bunker and stopped to look at the scene before her.
Countless building drones and haul drones moved in a constant stream, like a river of metal ants, coming and going through the massive portal that led back to the Cleopatra Fortress. The air hummed with their powerful engines that kept them running.
"Efficient," she said with a small, satisfied nod. She glanced at the imperial head maid standing beside her and waved her hand to summon several holoscreens. Her fingers danced through the glowing data with divine efficiency.
"The perimeter defenses are at twenty-three percent completion. At this rate, we'll have minimum operational capacity in three days." She dismissed the screens with a flick of her wrist.
She turned her head to look directly at the head maid. "What about the locals? Did we get them out of the combat zone?"
