Gleaming towers of twisted steel and super strong threaded carbon scraped against the clouds, quite literally breaking them up between interlocking streets and boulevards. Sometimes you just had to build up. In the ground nothing seemed to squirm or move in their recent vicinity, except for the loan chirp of a few birds in the surprisingly pristine environment and the flutter of butterflies the size of your hand. The hover tank drifted back off into the sky once the two operatives disembarked, nothing but a tube slightly flattened at the sides with fat engines strapped at each end of the vehicle. Within it were, of course, hidden turrets.<br/><br/>For all intensive purposes, having an incredibly loud, highly visible vehicle with minimal obvious weaponry as a deterrent drop quasi-soldiers could be called a "questionable" tactic, but XCITE was headed by the elite in scientific and military thought. They clearly did not expect any true resistance. If they started now they would be able to call for a pick-up only a little after dusk, until then they were stuck with each other.