Hours later, the Maestro returned to the bridge. As he predicted, he had been unable to get much rest. His mind just would not calm down as he ran every scenario imaginable on ways to save Abel Township. As he stepped onto the bridge, the comm system beeped, alerting him to an incoming transmission. He activated the system and stood facing the same man from before.
"We have conferred and are in agreement. It seems that the events which you watched were not how things were supposed to transpire. It is unclear if there has been temporal tampering elsewhere, but we have decided to allow you to attempt to restore things to their proper place. We are sending you mission specs. We have determined the critical point; the township should have received assistance from a new runner. It seems that as things stand now, that runner did not survive, thus was not able to be there for critical events. You will use a neural transmitter to transfer your mind into the body of this runner. You must make sure that he survives. If he does, then we believe things will change drastically. It won't prevent the attacks, but perhaps you can save the people inside or at least give them a fighting chance."
"Thank you sir," replied the Maestro. He ended the transmission and began to review the mission. Once he had read through the file a few times, he made his preparations. He put his timeship into a temporal orbit of the point shortly after the attack. He would set up the neural transmitter to send his mind back to a set point in the past, using the temporal orbit to act as an anchor. He would be able to use his knowledge to help steer things so that the town was better prepared for the attack. He hoped this would work. The lives of about 60 men and women depended on it.