In the underground meeting room of the safe house in Khartoum, twelve core members of the "Musician" defense sat around a scarred oak table.
Song Heping stood in front of the electronic tactical board, his finger tracing over the high-resolution satellite map of the Darfur region.
"Old squad leader, the initial screening for the new batch of two hundred people has been completed."
Jiang Feng opened the personnel roster, the scar over his left eye appearing particularly fierce in the dim light.
"Forty-seven of them have Special Forces backgrounds, and the rest are battle-hardened veterans from various countries."
White Bear — a former member of the Russian Army's parachute assault team tapped the table with thick fingers: "What about equipment? Our current arsenal consists of light weapons, and to fight against those Americans, British, and Daishe Bird Country elites, we'll need something better, otherwise, how do we combat them?"
