Refinery Orbital Strike Receptor Aerial

A skeletal metal frame mounted to the control centre’s ceiling, its thin struts and wire-thin receiver arms hum weakly as Thawn overrides the system’s safety protocols. The aerial’s function is purely utilitarian—no decorative casings, no redundant systems, just the bare minimum required to lock onto a planetary target. Its exposed joints creak audibly under the stress of the orbital alignment, the only visible sign of the intense computational load being forced through its circuits. Fenner and Dugeen instinctively avoid standing directly beneath it, as if its quiet mechanical whine carries a threat.