THE QUANTUM INTELLIGENCER

CYPHERSPACE, 3 DECEMBER — The fortress shudders. Forward scouts report enemy cryptographers tallying captured traffic, biding time until million-qubit artillery rolls within range. Night pickets hear only the low whirr of cooling fans—yet each block sealed tonight may fall tomorrow beneath Shor’s algorithmic barrage. Engineers lash lattice scaffolding to the outer walls: Kyber planks, Dilithium rivets. A hybrid palisade buys months, not decades. Observers warn the powder store—private keys—sits exposed; harvest-now-decrypt-later patrols already exfiltrate sat-chests. Unless garrisons complete post-quantum refit before 2030, the chain of custody becomes a chain of surrender. Matters may worsen unless every wallet musters for immediate retrofit. —Ada H. Pemberley Dispatch from Trigger Phase E0