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January 3rd, 15.004 Command Tower, La Paz, Umbra [Vampire Continent] The meeting room smelled faintly of dust and metal. Screens flickered low light across the walls, maps overlaid with pulse marks, surveillance grids, and temperature readings of zones long since marked uninhabitable. Sukira sat near the far end of the table, legs crossed, fingers drumming against her thigh. Her uniform jacket hung half-unzipped—field mission, no parade. Jeda stood by the table’s edge, postur