A digital painting in a realistic, cinematic, retro-futuristic sci-fi style. Interior of a military radio transmission and observation tower. A female operator leans forward over a rugged wooden-and-metal desk, gripping a vintage tabletop microphone with one hand and holding professional over-ear headphones to her ear with the other. She wears informal, survivor-style military gear: a sleeveless, loose-fitting crop top and worn tactical pants, with scuffed combat boots. Her silver-gray hair falls to the side, and she's seen in profile, focused intently on the transmission. The room is cluttered with analog military radio gear, softly glowing radar screens, tactical maps, binoculars, firearms, and a slow-spinning metal desk fan. A rugged military backpack lies nearby. Behind her, a reinforced window with rusted metal framing reveals the exterior: the base’s infrastructure with hangars, marching soldiers, and armored vehicles, all under a harsh sun. Beyond the base, endless desert dunes stretch out with sparse desert vegetation—scrub bushes, dry grasses, and isolated cactus-like plants. A distant oasis shimmers on the horizon. Warm interior lighting contrasts with the blinding heat and brightness of the outside. The atmosphere is dusty, tactical, cinematic, and filled with quiet intensity.