After looking over the books, as well as her recent interactions with the people of Paradise Falls, Brooke quickly gathered the most important ledgers and documents regarding the plant.
These records represented years of contracts, production schedules, supply chains, and engineering specifications. The backbone of everything they had built here.
She packed them carefully into a leather satchel before summoning her security leaders and engineering staff.
Kelsey stood quietly beside her as the group gathered inside Brooke's office. Brooke remained seated behind her desk, her posture straight and composed.
Even if she did not feel calm, she needed them to believe she was.
"It has become abundantly clear to me," she began evenly, "that we do not possess the manpower required to hold this facility much longer."
No one spoke, but several of them already knew where this was going.
"If we stay here," she continued, "our fate is already written."
