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Greater Angelus wrote:

Sephynne: [Patting Nol on the back as he recovers his breath from Lia's gut punch] There there, I can't say you didn't have it coming for misleading your friend like that. [She straightens up, smooths out her hair, and looks around expectantly at those assembled] I'm ready for the broadcast when you guys are. Let's see how they like it when I come back from the dead.

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[The leading squadron of Hydras shift from a V formation into two separate wings and attempt to flank Usteo, releasing flares as the UAV missiles fire. As they get in range, the fighters' point defense cannons blaze into life, raking the F14s.]

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[Simultaneously, on millions of screens across the system, blaring through on loudspeakers and radio sets:]

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for an emergency announcement.

[Sephynne, standing in a field of debris, flanked by the LDC team]

I am Prime Minister Calera Sephynne, and the rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

Explanations can wait, but I hereby order all Angelan forces to stand down and retreat to our internationally recognized borders. I also declare Lorenne Saveth to be guilty of treason and my own attempted assassination.

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[In the bunker beneath the Belayana Building, shocked aides stare dumbfounded at their screens, then at Saveth. One agent moves to apprehend her, but is frozen with an icy glare.]

Saveth: Touch me and die. Clearly this is another Lorenial trick.

Comms Officer: But, ma'am...her executive authentication has also gone through.

Guard: [Raising his rifle, as he does so the other members of the team do the same] Lorenne Saveth, you are under arrest. Come quietly.

Saveth/Amatheia: [The air shimmers as she takes a deep breath, then says:] You are the traitors. I order you to eliminate each other immediately.

[Instantly, a firefight breaks out in the bunker, screams and blood and bullets as personnel turn on each other in a frenzy of violence. In the chaos, Amatheia walks leisurely to the exit, the expression on her face promising murder.]

'Their prioritizing our f14's rather than the drones...' Hersiliah watches from the satellite, her eyes narrowed as the f14 pilots dodge and weave as the UAV's continue to harass and bring some reprieve towards the pilots.

The drones were doing their job of evening-ish the air battle in terms of numbers. Usteo squadron on the other...

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Usteo squadron's ADF planes despite the UAV and f14 coverage were still facing some bogeys chasing them. 'Come on....' Usteo 1 muttered, as finally they got a lock on those behemoths.

"All units new orders from command, Stand down!" A female voice shouts, causing brief confusion from Usteo's lead craft.

"What?!"

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As the broadcast ended, Nol set his gaze onto Sephynne with a conflicted look. "I'm guessing omitting the fact it was a fleshcrafter who did it...is grounds for giving the sisterhood some leeway to back off?" He mused.

"Can't say I approve of it but, hey, you're the prime minister here not me." He says jokingly, although the fact the head of the sisterhood hasn't made a move concerns him. Even with his 'double agent' act, he didn't get much if at all info about her. That and the mystery of Jendah's killer...

His thoughts get interrupted as Lia pokes him. "Hey, my batteries are all but drained." She yawns. "I don't suppose we can go home now?"