The colossal, rust-encrusted facade of the Iron Heart Forge loomed over them, a silent sentinel from Neo-Tian's forgotten industrial age. It was quite a change of scenery from the humid, subterranean gloom of the geothermal node, yet its imposing scale offered a different kind of protection. Less natural concealment, more brute, decaying mass.
"Time to get to work, I suppose", Li Fang muttered as he surveyed the crumbling loading dock that would now serve as their primary entrance.
The massive plasti-steel plates, sonic dampeners, and the kinetic barrier emitter components lay in their cargo containers, awaiting installation.
He started stretching, preparing himself for the physical labor required to install them inside and outside the abandoned complex of the Iron Heart Forge.
[Redundant Node Alpha: Former Iron Heart Forge) has been designated]
[Installation of physical and digital infrastructure commencing.]
