"The Grand Plaza of the High Tribunal looks like an imperial colosseum prepared for a public execution," Sir Owen observed quietly, his weathered gaze taking in the towering white marble colonnades.
"Look at the sheer number of armed troops stationed around every perimeter archway," Yeda whispered, her amber eyes scanning the fortified balconies above.
"One thousand State Inquest Paladins stand in full ceremonial plate armor," Vasa reported, reading the automated troop deployment manifests on her glowing slate screen.
"Every paladin holds an enchanted poleaxe charged with high-frequency lightning runes," Jax warned over the encrypted team comm link.
"And they placed fifty large-caliber sniper nests along the upper pediment of the courthouse dome," Ava reported from her counter-reconnaissance perch across the plaza.
