Inverness Airstrip

The Inverness airstrip serves as a forward UNIT operational node, where rotary-wing craft stand ready for rapid deployment against the Zygon threat. The tarmac holds warm impressions from recent landings, the white line markings faded where boots have scuffed across the surface. Fuel drums rest near a low brick hut, its roof weighted with radio antennae that sway slightly in the damp Highland wind. The scent of turbine exhaust mixes with heather carried on the breeze, while the distant loch’s surface glints in the evening light beyond the perimeter fence. Muffled radio chatter in UNIT code punctuates the hum of idling engines, the urgency sharp but disciplined.