Double-Cross: When Revolution Meets Deception, No One Stays Loyal for Long

A diplomatic visit to Venus is supposed to end quietly, with formal handshakes and a routine departure. Instead, unseen listeners hear something they were never meant to hear, and a private decision hardens into a plan that allows no retreat. What follows is not a race against time, but a tightening trap where loyalty is tested in silence and hesitation becomes as dangerous as action.

As the Earth-ship prepares to lift, a small group convinces itself that delay equals extinction. Their solut...