December, 2024. The Russian surveillance team barely had time to register the movement. Just a ripple at first, a disturbance in the dark water below the oil rig. Then, it appeared, a black shape, low and fast, slicing through the waves.The faint hum of its electric motor was lost to the wind. It wasn’t a warship. It wasn’t a submarine. It was something smaller. And it was coming straight for them.Alarms blared. Weapons swung into position. The platform’s floodlights snapped on, their beams slicing across the water in search of the intruder. The object halted just beyond reach.But instead of detonating or attacking, a swarm of tiny shadows burst into the sky from its deck, zigzagging toward the platform. Russian troops struggled to track their movements. A second later, the first explosion shattered the night, then another, and another.Fuel tanks burst, equipment erupted into flames, and shrapnel tore through the rig as soldiers dove for cover. The Russians had seen drone attacks before. But not like this.