The ever-present symbol of Sub Terra was a fist rising out of Earth. Defiance had been stitched on every uniform, every banner, and emblazoned on a gargantuan, widescreen television monitor jury-rigged to include a screensaver, mounted over a platform some feet above the floor. The platform convexed outward like a stage, to a hall full of diligent uniforms: the arms and eyes of a rebel gallery.

Jessica wondered how rebellion might work in reality. Banner and banner to the left and ...