The hum of a large engine broke off their conversation as a military armored vehicle appeared behind a fallen building. A level four soldier was on the roof, sitting behind a large mounted machine gun.

“Honey, I’m home!” Martin’s voice came over the comms and the man himself appeared, climbing down from the bulky vehicle. Cattie, the Sharpshooter, came out after him.

“You’re late,” Diamond grunted.

“I’m making a fashionable entrance,” he countered with a boyish grin.

“Nori was just telling me what she had us come over here for.”

The Navigator nodded. “Have you considered what you’re going to do next?”

“We did,” Martin said, his expression becoming serious. “We’re going to start building a perimeter between the three shelters and post armed guards in fortified locations along it. Once the area is secured, we’ll start building a proper city and move people out of the shelters. Some of the new Paths come with amazing abilities to build things quickly. Within a week this place will be unrecognizable. But that’ll be on Diamond’s shoulders.”

Nori looked at him. “You’re stepping down as shelter leader?”

“We don’t need shelter leaders anymore,” Diamond stepped in. “We’re going to build a city and that calls for proper leadership. For now, I’ll take over coordinating the rebuilding efforts. Martin’s job is going to be a hell of a lot harder.”

“The army had an outpost nearby before they were overrun by the Warped,” Martin said. “We’ll fix up a bunch more of their vehicles then I’m going to lead a few expeditions to other parts of the country. As a Justicar, I’m ideally suited for the job.” He grinned at her. “You know, bring order to the badlands and all that. We’ll try to look for survivors and bring them back here, or just help them get back on their feet.”

Nori nodded. “That’s a great idea. And we have something that will help you quite a bit with that.”

Martin smiled. “Are we talking bullets? I hope we’re talking bullets. We still have a lot of the ammo you’ve brought us, but we’re going to need more eventually.”

Nori shook her head. “I’ve got something better. We’re going to give you a small ship.”

Martin and Diamond exchanged incredulous looks. “You have another one of those?”

“Not exactly. We got our hands on a small and fast scout vessel. It has a mounted weapon that should be even more powerful than Unity’s asteroid cannon.”

Martin’s eyes lit up. “Sweet!”

“You’ll need someone to pilot it, though,” the Navigator cautioned.

“That shouldn’t be a problem. I know some of my people have Paths that let them fly a ship, though probably not as well as you. That mounted weapon could be a real game changer.”