"The magical component of the Eye of the Firmament was jointly built from the legacies of The Ancient One and me.
Its sensors could identify the energy signatures of every known life-form in the Nine Realms, including Symbiotes, Dark Elves, Frost Giants, and things you had never seen before.
If extraterrestrial life attempted to enter Earth through spatial teleportation, the Eye of the Firmament would lock onto its location before it entered the atmosphere."
"What if they don't use spatial teleportation and just fly here directly?" Natasha asked.
Strange glanced at Tony.
"Then we shoot them down outside the atmosphere," Tony said.
"Each node is equipped with three high-energy cannons, with range covering geostationary orbit.
Their energy comes from my New Element Reactor and the Vibranium energy cores provided by Wakanda.
One system, two power sources. If one fails, the other automatically takes over."
Fury nodded. "When will it be complete?"
"The Eye of the Firmament is already operational. Mark LIII needs another two days." Tony rose from his chair and headed for the conference room door.
"If there's nothing else, I'm going to the lab."
He walked out of the conference room. His footsteps echoed down the hallway, gradually fading away.
Steve watched his retreating back. Something flickered in his blue eyes—not worry, but understanding.
During the battle against the tyrant, Tony had seen the terror of the Symbiotes, Earth's fragility, and his own shortcomings as a protector.
He had built the Eye of the Firmament not to show off, nor to satisfy his need for control, but to ensure that what happened in Manhattan would never happen again.
"Meeting adjourned," Natasha said.
In the depths of the universe, the presence within the darkness fully awakened.
Knull sat up from the slumbering void.
As his enormous body, stretching across