After a week, a small party of underground people came up from the caves to liberate Lorca. They came in the middle of the night dressed in black body suits made of a special textile that absorb all light. When in the dark, they were practically invisible. Using their strange sticks with the glowing tips they managed to stun all the armed guards they touched in all of the floors.
Once Lorca was safely underground they began the execution of the plan to destabilize the planet. The plan was called Operation Phoenix and it centered around leveraging the one thing the underground people controlled, the water. So, the plan was to put explosives in strategic points to destroy the well engineered water management systems that had been built over many many years to cause the planet to flood again.
Lorca had explained to Marcato and his people about the portals and the 3 dimensional map and how he had found a new portal that connected to Calarrosa but 67 years in the future. The planet showed "green" in the galactic map which means there were people living there.
The assumption was that if Operation Phoenix was successful, Partica would have lost control of Calarrosa and he would be nowhere to be found in 67 years. But they did not know for sure if that would be the case. But, that was the plan and that was all they had. So, they would have to take the risk.
Operation Phoenix called for getting the planet back to its original state. A world of water. By stopping the underground systems the water would slowly rise and go over the wall surrounding the city. This was the only option because the material the wall was built from, the smooth white stone, was practically indestructible. Trying to destroy it with explosives was futile.
Once water began going over the walls and the city began to flood, people in the city would seek shelter in the flood hatches around the wall. Once in the shelters, the underground people would come up and commandeer all the available flying platforms to begin the mass exodus to the fort and to the future Calarrosa. Guided by Lorca.
So this is how the rebellion started. Coincidentally, Atesta arrived in Calarrosa a few days before. With the cube.
Unfortunately, when the underground people went to start the rebellion by stopping the largest pump and generator in Calarrrosa, Partica's guards ambushed them and in the fight Lorca was hurt but not captured. Marcato decided to take Lorca off-planet to keep Partica from capturing him.
All that Paris knew was that they took the portal in the fort and that Lorca needed help. When Paris finished the story, he grabbed Atesta's hands, and while looking at her in the eyes fro a long time, he finally said that saving Lorca was now his mission too.
So, they entered the portal in the fort and left Calarrosa. With the cube.
TO BE CONTINUED ...
Once Lorca was safely underground they began the execution of the plan to destabilize the planet. The plan was called Operation Phoenix and it centered around leveraging the one thing the underground people controlled, the water. So, the plan was to put explosives in strategic points to destroy the well engineered water management systems that had been built over many many years to cause the planet to flood again.
Lorca had explained to Marcato and his people about the portals and the 3 dimensional map and how he had found a new portal that connected to Calarrosa but 67 years in the future. The planet showed "green" in the galactic map which means there were people living there.
The assumption was that if Operation Phoenix was successful, Partica would have lost control of Calarrosa and he would be nowhere to be found in 67 years. But they did not know for sure if that would be the case. But, that was the plan and that was all they had. So, they would have to take the risk.
Operation Phoenix called for getting the planet back to its original state. A world of water. By stopping the underground systems the water would slowly rise and go over the wall surrounding the city. This was the only option because the material the wall was built from, the smooth white stone, was practically indestructible. Trying to destroy it with explosives was futile.
Once water began going over the walls and the city began to flood, people in the city would seek shelter in the flood hatches around the wall. Once in the shelters, the underground people would come up and commandeer all the available flying platforms to begin the mass exodus to the fort and to the future Calarrosa. Guided by Lorca.
So this is how the rebellion started. Coincidentally, Atesta arrived in Calarrosa a few days before. With the cube.
Unfortunately, when the underground people went to start the rebellion by stopping the largest pump and generator in Calarrrosa, Partica's guards ambushed them and in the fight Lorca was hurt but not captured. Marcato decided to take Lorca off-planet to keep Partica from capturing him.
All that Paris knew was that they took the portal in the fort and that Lorca needed help. When Paris finished the story, he grabbed Atesta's hands, and while looking at her in the eyes fro a long time, he finally said that saving Lorca was now his mission too.
So, they entered the portal in the fort and left Calarrosa. With the cube.
TO BE CONTINUED ...
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