SEVER ZERO
It sat squarely in the center of the irradiated deserts of the North American continent.
"And the capital," Kara whispered. "Sector Prime, USA Wastes. This is where the distress beacon was ultimately routed. It is the Global Command Hub. It houses the Prime Administrator—the master AI that controls the localized Admins. If the regional Admins are regional managers, the Prime Admin is the CEO. And we just burned down one of its branch offices."
Ren stared at the four pulsing red dots. The sheer scale of the enemy was paralyzing.
"They know we're here," Ren said, his tactical mind overriding the exhaustion that threatened to pull him under. "How long until they mobilize a retaliation fleet?"