Now was the absolute most important time for the elite Rangers to act. Before the Gilt Rats and the Black Hounds had launched their massive attack, Vivian had made the grim reality of gang warfare perfectly clear to them in the tactical briefing room.
They were deliberately heading into a brutal siege where they were going up against overwhelmingly massive numbers. And the Syndicate coalition they were fighting didn't exactly consist of the weakest street thugs; they were hardened, paid killers.
Even if the Bloodline group miraculously did win the immediate fight, what was the actual strategic point if every single one of their members got beaten half to death in the process? Even if they weren't outright killed in the hallways, dozens of them would be bedridden in the hospital for weeks or months before they could ever hold a weapon and fight again.
