Black and Red Cells begin mandatory dawn jogging after Matt Hadley deems Red’s conditioning insufficient; Black is made to match the regimen. Wren notes the dwindled class sizes (20 in Black, 18 in Red) and her renewed focus on making Silver Elite. During the cool-down at the training center, she locks eyes with Captain Cross Redden, both recalling their illicit kiss. Jordan, a Copper Block soldier and Wren’s past fling, approaches with concern, admits he vouched for her innocence after Jim’s execution, and nearly embraces her before Cross curtly orders Wren back to formation.

Xavier Ford announces that Undercover Operations will start that week, with five recruits slotted for that night. Wren finds herself on the list, while Roe Redden angrily learns he is excluded due to a claimed lack of cover, prompting a terse exchange with Cross. Back at the barracks, Wren receives a detailed cover dossier and has two hours to memorize it before Tyler Struck escorts her and Bryce to Silver Block’s Wardrobe. Bryce protests her revealing cover and limited weaponry, earning Struck’s open disdain. Wren is initially assigned to Hadley as handler, but Struck returns with an update: she has been reassigned to Cross.

Alone in a sleek car headed into Sanctum Point at night, Wren is contacted over Hirai’s earpiece by Ford, who calls her “Broken Dove,” a call sign she dislikes. Ford briefs her: the target is Haven, an illegal brothel posing as lodging with a pub, owned by Shenise Nelson. Although Command knows it is a brothel, it remains open as a low-level intel source. Wren’s objective is to ingratiate herself and inquire about off-the-books work rather than overtly gather specified intelligence. Ford confirms Cross will be in the field while Ford runs the op, and Wren senses multiple overwatch eyes on her as she disembarks.

Wren enters Haven in a dove-gray dress aligned with her “Gilly” persona and plays uncertain but interested. A tattooed bartender, Pasha, quietly serves her rare pure whiskey instead of synthetic, and Wren subtly steers the conversation toward finding Shenise, hinting at seeking unregulated work. Pasha remains cautious and noncommittal. Wren maintains her act, citing a lonely birthday, recent breakup, and administrative assignment to paint a sympathetic, plausible profile.

After a patient wait, Shenise Nelson appears. Shenise questions Wren’s name, residence, and why she came to Haven for off-the-books work, pressing for the friend who referred her. Wren declines to identify the friend to protect “her confidence,” prompting Shenise to shut the conversation down and suggest Wren leave. The moment is interrupted when Shenise notices the door, and Wren turns to see Cross entering the brothel, ending the scene on a charged reveal of her handler’s arrival in the field.