Booming from the city and echoing all the way out towards the outlands, a broadcast can be heard -
<:: ATTENTION - LOCAL ANTI-CITIZENS. THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. SURRENDER YOURSELVES TOWARDS OVERWATCH IMMEDIATELY. TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE SHALL BE PROVIDED, UNDER ORDERS OF GLOBAL COMMANDER PETEROVICH. ALL WEAPONS ARE TO BE CONFISCATED. REPORT TOWARDS CENTRAL NEXUS, IMMEDIATELY. ::>
Less than a half hour later, Dispatch echoes out a second message.
<:: WARNING - MALIGNANT VIRAL INTERFACE BYPASS DETECTED. C̴O̸D̴E̸ ̶I̶N̸J̴E̶C̷T̷I̴O̸N̸ ̴D̴-̸D̸-̷D̵E̶T̷E̸C̸T̵E̶D̷. S̷T̸E̴R̷I̸L̶L̷L̷-̵I̷Z̴E̶R̸S̷-̸-̷ ̴A̴N̵D̴ ̴C̷O̴N̸T̸A̵A̴A̷A̴A̷A̷I̸N̷-̴-̶ ::>
<:: ... ::>
<:: My name's Lucas Leavitt, and I've got a counter-offer. Any CIPHER unit that comes, unarmed and unmasked, to the Construction Zone at any point before Friday the 22nd will receive a full pardon for their past actions contributing to and maintaining the torture, enslavement, and genocide of the human race.
We've already received two from among your ranks, one of whom is already fully integrated and trusted in our own. Her name is Noemie Carmichael. We have taken another-- Rory Thatcher. He's being held in humane conditions, eating three meals a day, with a soft bed, biosignal monitor and all trackers removed. The two of them were tools of an occupying army. And now they're back on the side of humanity. And you can be, too.
As for HORIZON-- surrender, and you'll stand trial. But you will not be summarily executed. You have hunted us like animals for months, drove us from every brief refuge we've found outside the city walls more than once. Tortured us to no end... I can't forget that. Won't.
As for the Global Commander himself--
You're running out of places to hide, Peterovich. I'll be seeing you soon. ::>
The speakers click as Lucas unplugs the microphone.
Attention, ground protection team: Anti-Civil activity detected, at the Jamming Tower. Report, please.
<:: ATTENTION - LOCAL ANTI-CITIZENS. THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING. SURRENDER YOURSELVES TOWARDS OVERWATCH IMMEDIATELY. TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE SHALL BE PROVIDED, UNDER ORDERS OF GLOBAL COMMANDER PETEROVICH. ALL WEAPONS ARE TO BE CONFISCATED. REPORT TOWARDS CENTRAL NEXUS, IMMEDIATELY. ::>
Less than a half hour later, Dispatch echoes out a second message.
<:: WARNING - MALIGNANT VIRAL INTERFACE BYPASS DETECTED. C̴O̸D̴E̸ ̶I̶N̸J̴E̶C̷T̷I̴O̸N̸ ̴D̴-̸D̸-̷D̵E̶T̷E̸C̸T̵E̶D̷. S̷T̸E̴R̷I̸L̶L̷L̷-̵I̷Z̴E̶R̸S̷-̸-̷ ̴A̴N̵D̴ ̴C̷O̴N̸T̸A̵A̴A̷A̴A̷A̷I̸N̷-̴-̶ ::>
<:: ... ::>
<:: My name's Lucas Leavitt, and I've got a counter-offer. Any CIPHER unit that comes, unarmed and unmasked, to the Construction Zone at any point before Friday the 22nd will receive a full pardon for their past actions contributing to and maintaining the torture, enslavement, and genocide of the human race.
We've already received two from among your ranks, one of whom is already fully integrated and trusted in our own. Her name is Noemie Carmichael. We have taken another-- Rory Thatcher. He's being held in humane conditions, eating three meals a day, with a soft bed, biosignal monitor and all trackers removed. The two of them were tools of an occupying army. And now they're back on the side of humanity. And you can be, too.
As for HORIZON-- surrender, and you'll stand trial. But you will not be summarily executed. You have hunted us like animals for months, drove us from every brief refuge we've found outside the city walls more than once. Tortured us to no end... I can't forget that. Won't.
As for the Global Commander himself--
You're running out of places to hide, Peterovich. I'll be seeing you soon. ::>
The speakers click as Lucas unplugs the microphone.
Attention, ground protection team: Anti-Civil activity detected, at the Jamming Tower. Report, please.
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