Chapter 65: {A Certain Report} (2/2)

Over the years, he had had to downgrade his fleet of ten high end sportscars down all the way to two

"I feel for your struggles, Mr McAllister, I truly do," said the researcher as he maintained neutral professionalism in his voice "But you must understand that the Panopticon and AA are under a partnershi+p

Accountability goes both ways

If you had not ignored early warning signs, then you would have already had a class 5 drone response within city boundaries by the time of the B-class disaster variant's attack

Granted, a class 5 drone attack cannot halt a B class disaster variant by itself, but it would have eliround army"

Brent opened his mouth to talk back, but the researcher raised a firm hand to stop him

"I rey eyes turning surprisingly cold, oozing power and threat that made Brent stay quiet and listen He pointed with a metallic arm at a map of Haven "As you know, Haven is a port city that borders the Atlantic Ocean, h risk for aquatic variant attacks

Aquatic variants are especially difficult to trace for our satellite arrays cannot detect under the ocean

However, our coast detection nets should, in theory, should sense the approach of variants fro out froed to clear a straight path through several underwater sensor towers, utilizing a unique electro

By the tih waters for our satellite arrays to pick up on, it could utilize a form of spatial warp to reach Haven before an apt response could be formulated

Now, Mr McAllister, the Panopticon will ignore the fact that your outpost received report of downed sensor towers and ignored requests for hero investigations a full two hours before the attack began"

"You can't bla costs! Do you kno hard it is to cough up heroes at a istics involved in it?" protested Brent

The researcher raised a hand again, silencing Brent "Of course What's past is past, and the point of this report is not to place blailantes halted the attack when B rank heroes Gladiator and Rocket Man were incapacitated"

"Vigilantes," scoffed one of the executives "They ought to be round up and rotting in prison Without regulation, they're just as good as villains Plus they don't make us any money"

"The B class disaster variant which we have coded in our system as the Shock Manta was not confir the executive "However, its energy signature has faded away entirely, indicating that it is very likely dead or, at the worst, recovering froh chance that a variant attack of this scale generates an Aftershock Effect, drawing variants for often second or even third attacks

In the case that the Shock Manta itself recovers or there is an Aftershock, the Panopticon and the Central AA Headquarters has determined it fit to station 2 A- class heroes and a class 3 drone fleet in Haven for the next week"

Brent s the safety of the people"

He said this, but his mind wasn't on the people, it was on his next fat paycheck

A class heroes were extreap between a C and B class hero was already sizable, but the gap between a B and A class was liable to be akin to an entire canyon

An A class hero could destroy a B class disaster variant solo

In fact, beating a B class disaster variant solo was one of the main ways to becoovernment would no doubt have to shell out massive amounts of credits on the order of millions to hire 2 A- heroes on contract, and some of that money would trickle down to Brent and his execs

"The people are always our main objective," said the researcher "But I believe you arethis situation so with the Shock Manta attack, you will not receive any bonus for the heroes

The cost of their contracts will be entirely subsidized by the Panopticon, for Haven has suffered enough

Rather, central AA HQ has determined another pay cut for you Details about this will be sent to you through an AA representative Now, if you will excuse me-,"