November 8, 2025 – 06:18 AM
Forward Agro-Zone One – Newly Constructed Landing Strip
The early morning light rolled over the rice paddies and hardened dirt roads of Forward Agro-Zone One. Golden sunlight spilled across solar arrays and prefab housing units, but all eyes were fixed on one thing: the runway.
It wasn't much, not by peacetime standards—just a long, straight stretch of compacted soil and gravel reinforced with metal mesh and stabilizing foamcrete beneath. It stretched for 1,200 meters from edge to edge, enough for short takeoffs and tactical landings. No control tower, no hangars yet. But it was something.
It was hope.
Dozens of Overwatch personnel stood on either side of the makeshift tarmac, watching with helmets off and breath visible in the morning chill. Engineers, guards, technicians—they had all worked day and night to make this happen.
