Chapter 6 - THE MEMORY RANGE
Claire had been conditioned through recreated firing lines.
Same concrete.
Same desert.
Same insults.
Same commands.
The program repeated emotional scenes until her reactions matched mine.
Then it inserted footage and records showing her as the original.
No erased memory.
No impossible technology.
Repetition, isolation, forged documents, and controlled witnesses.
Enough to make certainty fragile.
Claire believed she fired the black-sealed round that “killed” Ryan.
In reality, the shot only injured him and allowed the program to declare him dead.
Colonel Voss wanted Claire guilty enough to obey.
He wanted me angry enough to replace her.
Marcus helped stage both versions.
Then Aaron found a hidden wall of photographs.
Marcus beside Claire.
Marcus beside me.
Marcus beside four other women wearing the Elena Carter identity.
The program had not created two.
It had created six.
Each assigned to a different command region.
The silhouettes above ground represented real women.
All trained around one shared profile.
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The range was designed to choose the final Elena.
Read Chapter 7 to discover why Colonel Voss needed only one survivor.
