EPISODE 11: NERVE WAR ## Midnight Protocol — Season 1, Episode 11 --- They came for the vein at dawn phase and dusk phase both—Aegis wanting absorption, a new faction calling itself Root Access wanting full City Nerve linkage, Iron Marrow wanting chaos taxes. ``` [CITY EVENT: NERVE WAR — HARBOR] Duration: 12:00:00 Win condition (Spine Road): Hold Dock B + Clinic Spine + Plant Gate ``` --- ## CHAPTER 1: THREE POINTS, ONE FOUNDER Rae split Spine Road like a body splits blood. Ortiz on Dock B. Sasha on Plant Gate. Pewter on clinic runs. Rae as floating patch. ``` [FOUNDER AURA: +5% ally move on network routes] ``` She fought a Root Access apostle—Level 14, Class: Kernel—who spoke in update notes. ``` [ENEMY: KERNEL APOSTLE] [SKILL: FORCE UPDATE] ``` Force Update tried to rewrite her class mid-fight. Charter Binding flared. ``` [CLASS LOCK HELD — CHARTER] [DAMAGE TAKEN 22] [HP 78/100] ``` Parcel Bomb + borrowed Dispel (Satchel from Maya's Analyst kit, two-minute window) cracked the apostle's shield. ``` [ENEMY DEFEATED +220 XP] [XP: 410/900] ``` --- ## CHAPTER 2: MAYA ON THE WIRE Maya remote-supported from Wing B, Pattern Sight marking fake capture points. ``` [MAYA ASSIST: FALSE FLAG REVEALED x2] [AEGIS AMBUSH AVOIDED] ``` "You're supposed to be a kid," Rae panted on comms. "I'm...