THE KEEPERS OF ASH AND STONE — Episode 2

Either we're getting something interesting or someone's wasting our time Given who called the briefing? I'm leaning toward interesting Optimistic Let's just see what happens for once Three outposts went dark 12 hours ago Inside Coalition space? No distress signals No survivors A silent slaughter Observation stations Light staffing no defenses Inside Coalition space Any distress signals? Traffic logs?

Gone Enemy signatures unknown How close are they? Too close Alpha, Beta, and Delta squads are deploying Just recon? Only recon Beta is deploying from Helios Delta is en route Alpha, you're first in Objectives? Determine what happened And if it can happen again That's it?

That's enough Something took three outposts without a trace That doesn't happen It just did Gather intel and get out Which is why I sent you Dismissed