The last city sits under a glass sky. Trace interceptors with your finger. Route ordnance through cards drawn from a deck of bad ideas. Survive the night. Lose everything. Try again.
Hold and drag from any silo to draw an interceptor trajectory. Release to launch.
Tap a silo between waves to spend salvage on capacity, range, or radar.
Long-press anywhere to slow time to 25%. Costs charge from your dome battery.
Between waves, swipe up to draw 3 Operator Cards. Pick one. They stack.
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