the obsidian proxy
“They studied the Syndicate’s weaknesses! Kian, they’re targeting my internal comms frequency!”
“Divert all power to the dampener, Elias!” Kian shouted. “You have to overload the dampener’s output to negate the pulse!”
Elias followed the command, pushing the suit’s energy core past its safety limits. The suit vibrated violently, the thermal shield flaring outward. The Proxy-Level Countermeasure hit the shield and dispersed harmlessly.
The Aegis Drones, however, immediately calculated the shield's temporary weakness and launched a small, highly kinetic projectile—a data harpoon designed to punch through the dampener and implant a crippling virus.