[indent][u][b]January 18th 8:02 PM
Scar's Edge, NADF Command Center, near Hub City[/b][/u][/indent]

"Scouts say we've got incoming, sir," said Lieutenant Beckett, turning from her comm station to face Colonel Cooke, "and it looks like a big one."

Cooke nodded, leaning over the digital map of his section of the Scar's Edge. "Just as that cultist said - this must be their 'secret weapon'."

A week had passed since the latest Blackthorn raid had been successfully repelled by NADF forces and their metahuman allies. It had been a rather routine affair, the attack being neither larger nor smaller than a typical Coven raid. There was only one oddity that stood out from the norm - a prisoner. One who had willingly surrendered to their forces instead of withdrawing with the rest of the raiders. It was almost unprecedented, a cultist seeking asylum in exchange for information.

Information on an upcoming attack on the border.

According to their new prisoner, the Coven would soon be deploying one of their most terrifying living weapons against them; a corrupted Demi-Titan known only as "the Ogre". While he didn't know the exact date at which the attack would take place, he knew it would be sometime soon.

And so they had been readying their defenses for the past week. He hoped it would be enough...if not, then they would have no choice but to call in the Justice League.

"This is it. Once he's within four kilometers, we'll open up on him with everything we've got - from land and air," said Cooke, resting his hands on his hips.