An execution scene opens with terrified captives begging "Mercy! Spare us!" Then we cut to a gang hideout where a Boss and his men snack on saved buns and boast, until a prisoner is discovered with wounds that contradict the claim he bashed his head on a wall. Officers press for answers and remove the body. At city command, the General learns the walls are patched but the Nomads' siege engines still threaten the city. With frontline casualties high, commanders propose a Forlorn Hope; the General orders death-row inmates sent on the suicide mission to burn the engines, sending them to the death row.