World War Device of Power

<p class=ql-align-center><span>The biting wind howled a mournful dirge across the desolate</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>landscape a fitting soundtrack to the grim mission unfolding</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>under the cloak of darkness. Sergeant Major Eva Rostova her</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>breath misting in the frigid air adjusted the night vision goggles</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>perched on her helmet. Ahead the razor-wire fence of the Kestrel</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>Base a sprawling fortress of the Republic of Volgograd snaked</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>across the horizon like a metallic serpent. Tonight the Serpent's</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>Tooth would strike.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>Eva callsign Viper was the team leader a veteran of</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>countless clandestine operations. Beside her Lieutenant Jian Li</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>callsign Fox a master of stealth and infiltration moved with</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>the silent grace of a phantom. Their third member Master</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>Sergeant Dmitri Volkov callsign Bear a demolition expert</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>with nerves of steel checked his explosives a grim smile playing</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>on his lips. Rounding out the quartet was Captain Anya Petrova</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>callsign Hawk the team's comms specialist and tech expert</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>her fingers dancing across a miniature control panel concealed</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span>within her glove.</span></p>