"Translators observe from the gallery. Major Cole Tanner's voice cuts through the combat simulation room like a blade scraping concrete. His tone carries that particular brand of contempt reserved for people he's already decided don't belong. The kind of voice that's ended careers before they started. Captain Lena Vos stands at the edge of the training mat, hands clasped behind her back, posture parade ground perfect. The fluorescent lights overhead hum their monotonous tune, reflecting off the