December 6, 2025 — 9:45 AM
Sentinel Subic — Internal Audit Office
Carina Velasquez stood at the center of the secured audit room, arms folded, lips pressed into a thin line. On the wall screen in front of her, a timeline of system access logs glowed in shades of red and amber. One entry was circled.
12/05/2025 — 02:12 AM — Access Point 03 (Materials Archive)
Badge ID: Unknown
Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds
Action: Data scan + attempted extraction (BLOCKED)
Angel sat nearby, leaning forward with her elbows on the table. Her expression was unreadable, but her eyes told the story: tight focus, zero patience.
"Still think it's a contractor leak?" Carina asked.
Angel shook her head. "No. This was surgical. They knew exactly where to go. The materials archive stores our ceramic blade specs and fuel injection diagrams."
"Yeah," Carina said flatly. "Which means the moment we dropped the teaser, someone started pulling strings."