Location:Seven Peaks — Command Center, Various / Continental Reports
Date/Time:TC1854.02.04-08
Kael brought the news on the fourth day.
He found Thorne in the command center at the seventh hour — the security chief was reviewing patrol reports from the eastern perimeter, cross-referencing Skulker sighting locations with Serenyx's aerial intelligence. The Aeralith Felis had pressed updated route maps into Raven's mind the previous evening, and Thorne was methodical enough to integrate every data point before the morning briefing.
"The Emperor sent envoys to the Sanctum compound," Kael said without preamble. He set a relay crystal on the table — Imperial seal, priority encoding. "Three days ago. Fifty soldiers, two formation specialists, and a senior advisor."
Thorne didn't look up from the patrol map. "And?"
