Chapter 43 - the grounded fleet
The Icarus Coalition did not wait for the heirs to respond. Within exactly twenty-four hours of the drone's arrival, they launched a massive, coordinated global offensive designed to completely cripple the Sterling foundation.
A highly sophisticated, military-grade cyber-virus systematically infected the navigation grids of three primary cargo hubs in Europe, permanently freezing thousands of tons of critical medical and commercial supplies on the tarmac.
Simultaneously, heavily funded anonymous shell companies launched a devastating public relations smear campaign. They entirely fabricated massive safety scandals to destroy the airline's immaculate global reputation and tank their stock prices.
The Coalition fully expected Chloe and Julian to panic, to beg for a secret negotiation, and to surrender their multi-billion-dollar fleet to stop the bleeding. They severely underestimated the lethal brilliance of the leaders they were attacking.
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Sitting in the glass-walled executive tower, the heirs completely bypassed traditional legal defense. They initiated an absolute information blackout, moving all critical aviation assets into highly secure, un-hackable analog servers. They didn't negotiate with extortionists; they prepared to utterly destroy them.
👉 read part 44 to see the digital hunt begin.
