The facility's upper levels were a maze of twisted metal and industrial machinery, each floor more heavily fortified than the last. Noah and Diana moved through the carnage like instruments of precision warfare, leaving behind a trail of Harbinger corpses that would have impressed even the most hardened EDF veterans.
The fourth floor brought them face-to-face with two single-horns that had been lying in ambush behind massive ore processing equipment. The aliens had positioned themselves with surprising tactical awareness, using the industrial debris as cover while maintaining clear sight lines to the main access points. It was the kind of coordination that suggested they were learning from the deaths of their brethren below.
