EPISODE 6: GUILD WAR PREVIEW ## Midnight Protocol — Season 1, Episode 6 --- The System announced war like a weather report. ``` [CITY EVENT PREVIEW → ACTIVE] [FIRST GUILD WAR: HARBOR DISTRICT] Teams: Iron Marrow vs Aegis Logistics vs Mercy Cross Survivors Duration: 06:00:00 Scoring: Objectives held, deliveries completed, bosses felled Personal quests enabled ``` Rae's map lit with capture points. Mercy Cross needed her on Supply Spine — a running route between clinic caches. ``` [PERSONAL WAR QUEST: SPINE RUNNER] Complete 5 combat deliveries during the war window Reward: 800 XP + rare blueprint roll ``` --- ## CHAPTER 1: THREE FLAGS Iron Marrow hit first — bats, chains, red nameplates. Aegis hit cleaner — drones, white armor, lawyers with guns. Mercy Cross hit desperate. Rae ran the spine. ``` [DELIVERY 1/5 COMPLETE +80 XP] [DELIVERY 2/5 COMPLETE +80 XP] [AMBUSH: IRON MARROW x3] ``` Parcel Bomb. Sprint. Stabilize on a downed medic. Satchel Link a stolen Net Shot from a captured Aegis scout (willing under "don't kill me" terms the System somehow honored). ``` [DELIVERY 3/5] [DELIVERY 4/5] [HP 71/100] [STA 33/100] ``` Kade appeared on the fifth run, not as enemy — as competition. ``` [SHARED OBJECTIVE: CAPTURE POINT HARBOR BRIDGE] ``` "Truce until the point flips," he said. "Truce," Rae said, and meant *until...