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The Northern Pass
Author: S.O Celine
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The freezing wind of the Northern Trench howled through the narrow mountain corridor of Sector Eleven, driving snow across the black ice. Suspended two hundred meters above the canyon floor, the heavy steel framework of the Old Syndicate Rail Bridge sagged under the weight of decades of rust and neglect.

Inside the heated cabin of an armored command crawler tucked deep within the blizzard, Julian Vance sat behind a wall of live thermal monitors. His grey hair was cut with military precision, hi
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