The Howlers hide in a trash collector, cloaked and lightly equipped for silence. Ejected with debris into Phobos’s cityscape, they magnetize to Quicksilver’s tower. Darrow nearly bounces into space before Victra hauls him back, and the team ascends to the crescent peak, overlooking Mars.

They witness two distant nuclear detonations near the Aventine Peninsula, with HoloNews blaming the Red Legion. The sight rattles them and underscores how chaotic and diffuse the war has become. Sevro refuses to let it change their mission and drives the team forward.

At the target window, Pebble defeats security: laser grids, thermal, and heartbeat sensors go down, and Sevro seals the breach with a pulseField. Darrow cuts a pane, and the team rappel into Quicksilver’s museum, enduring punishing, Earth-plus gravity meant to disadvantage low-grav operatives.

Moving through aquariums and moodGlass halls, Pebble reports that cameras and biometrics on the top two levels are offline—Quicksilver’s location is untraceable. Darrow reads the building as a manipulative stage and urges a pullback, suspecting a trap. Sevro, citing the stakes and their hard-won access, demands trust and continues.

As a luxury cruiser drifts past, Darrow wrestles with doubt about Sevro’s plan and the future they are shaping. Choosing to back Sevro, he joins the breach. The Howlers stack on Quicksilver’s suite, intent on killing guards, stunning Pinks, and executing a smash-and-grab, with Ragnar and Victra slipping into the darkness first.