Floating above the clouds, the "Viper" transport plane carrying the "Iron Heart" retracted its plasmatic engine's wake and steadied itself upon the steel runway.
Four men cloaked in gray robes were escorted out of the Viper's cabin by four players donned in exoskeletons.
One of them had a gunshot wound on his left leg, hastily bandaged, and he hobbled as he walked. The other three hadn't been shot, but their dirt-covered faces clearly showed they had suffered a great deal.
However, no one here would feel sympathy for them.
They were all Apostles of the Torch Church.
Or rather, war criminals.
In just a few short hours, at least ten thousand survivors had died, either directly or indirectly, due to the interference from Wave 03 of the Mind Interference Device.
The number of those driven to mental breakdown was beyond count.
About twenty soldiers from the Guards Corps had been waiting by the landing pad well in advance.
