Darrow, Victra, Sefi, Holiday, and Valkyrie breach the Colossus amid smoke and suppressive fire. Darrow grav-boosts through the hall, kills a Gold legate, and with Victra and the Obsidians shatters a Gray squad. The corridor becomes a slaughterhouse; Valkyrie fall, and Sefi mercy-kills a mortally wounded warrior. Holiday’s marksmanship clears a heavy gun, which the team drags forward.

Mustang reports her fleet crippled by EMPs and being torn apart, forcing Darrow to accelerate the push. While coordinating multiple platoons on the run, he broadcasts to lowColors to aid them. Roque counters with shipwide lockdown and zero-g to stall the Valkyrie; Darrow’s teams partially restore gravity to gain mobility and keep advancing.

The assault grinds through ambushes and crossfires until they reach the bridge antechamber, a geometrically lethal space. Holiday mounts a thermal drill, but the bridge door is custom-thick and will take at least fourteen minutes. Sefi returns wounded from scouting, carrying the head of a Gold, Flagilus, and warns more enemies are converging.

With Mustang silent and Roque consolidating marines, the team debates charging versus holding while the drill bites. As pressure mounts and defenses gather, the hydraulics wheeze and the bridge door suddenly opens.