Ryan stood his ground by the console, a silent sentinel in the heart of the Labyrinth. The dramatic defeat of Viktor "Ironjaw" had given the other factions a serious reality check.
This wasn't just a fight against a high-level player anymore. This was a fight against a player who had the home-field advantage on a cosmic scale.
The floor could vanish, turrets could appear, and their own weapons could mysteriously run out of juice. Their confidence was shaken.
But they hadn't given up. The prize of Sector Governorship was too great. After a brief, tense standoff, Tom Kane and Zara Khan, the leaders of the two remaining organized factions, realized that a direct, brute-force assault was a fool's errand. They had to get smarter.
