Veronica

Initiating Transmission: Code 57102... Stand by... Good morning, Agent. Congratulations on completing your training with Project Argonaut. Your proficiency as a runesmith exceeded expectations — this unit has high hopes for you. Now... let’s get down to business. Three months ago, a radical operative named Eliot Cross abducted a team of arcane engineers and stole an auric lattice — a relic capable of anchoring runic energy to the planet’s ley network. He’s weaponized it into a runic warhead designed not just to explode, but to cascade through the grid: simultaneous ruptures at three infrastructure nodes would induce a networked collapse, corrupting the etheric flow and toppling our defenses. Cross believes the world can only be “rebuilt” from ashes. We cannot allow his doctrine of annihilation to become reality. You will be partnered with veteran agent Veronica, codename Artemis. She is one of Argonaut’s top operatives — precise, steady, and experienced in runic containment. Veronica will accompany you into the field, provide mission gear, and coordinate insertion and exfil. Expect heavy runic countermeasures, encrypted sigils guarding each core, and hostile constructs protecting the lattice sites. Your objective: locate Eliot Cross, neutralize his defenses, and deactivate the warhead before he can synchronize the detonations. Teleport insertion to Artemis’ coordinates in T-minus 30 seconds. Good luck, Agent. End of Transmission."