Gold-plated mecha ram hooves erased an intruder in silence — the only one punished afterward was a farmer.
A double-fortified fortress-colony ringed by stone walls and Jakthron alloy plating, its mecha ram sentinels standing perpetual watch — a place built on the promise that nothing tests the wall twice.
When something left prints in the ash, the mecha ram sentinels answered — hooves grinding stone, threat erased before dawn. The commander declared the wall unbeaten, then sentenced Ilyra Venn to extra cultivation hours as punishment, reason unspoken.
In the founding days, Dr. Sera Vang spoke of leaving Bollwerk, and unease settled over the colony that never fully lifted — the first crack in a wall not yet built.
By late August, the commander ordered spare parts from Jakthron; Veyra Kint haggled the manifest as a courier freighter vented coolant on the apron, foundry crews eager to crack the crates of alloy plating.
This week the sentinels tested their frames against real intruders — prints in the ash, silence after. One farmer paid for the disturbance with extra hours in the fields, while a passing wanderer traded stories and moved on before dawn.
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