17 Days Since First Strike — MOA Complex, Central Command
The lights flickered across the main strategy room as the war map updated—zones once marked in blood-red now gleamed with soft green overlays. Clark, Lucena, Calamba, and San Fernando each pulsed with activity lines, coded with tags like "Water Stabilized," "Reconstruction Ongoing," and "Population Transit Approved."
Thomas stood at the central console with arms crossed. Around him, engineers, logisticians, and civilians bustled in organized chaos. It felt… alive. Not just survival—but growth.
Dr. Evelyn Sato tapped her datapad, casting a 3D layout above the table. It showed a modular urban zone, designed like a grid with soft curves and a ring road network.
"This is Phoenix Sector-1," she said. "Designed to fit within Lucena's least-irradiated district. We'll start with seventy-two housing units, three vertical farm towers, one medical node, and a compact education zone."
