High noon struck across the clock tower of North City as the deep bronze bell chimed twelve resounding tolls above the crowded municipal plaza.
On the execution stage, Director Rook raised his right hand toward the firing squad, his eyes wild with manic triumph before millions of watching citizens.
"Execution squad... take aim at the traitors!" the director shouted into the broadcast microphones.
"Yeda, take out the secondary emitter truck now!" Nox commanded over the squad earpiece from above the clouds.
Across the square on the library roof, Yeda squeezed her trigger, sending a high-velocity armor-piercing round through the cooling conduit of the secondary suppression truck!
A blinding explosion of sparks and ionized steam erupted from the vehicle's engine block as the secondary emitter circuit shattered into useless scrap!
The purple suppression dome over the execution platform dissolved into thin air with a soft electronic fizzle!
