Kael didn’t ask questions. He just grabbed his jacket and said, “The barge is fueled.”
But Lena had already made her choice. She followed the deepest crack yet, a thread that led to a dry-dock on Europa. There, according to the logs, a ship called the Event Horizon had been decommissioned twice—once officially, and once through the cracks. Its cargo hold still showed active life support.
FLT CRACKS DETECTED. TERMINATION PROTOCOL ACTIVE.
Kael whistled. “You touch that, and you’re not an auditor anymore. You’re a target.”
“Anything good tonight?” came a voice from the bunk above.
She cross-referenced the ship’s ID with missing persons reports. Seventeen names matched.
Kael didn’t ask questions. He just grabbed his jacket and said, “The barge is fueled.”
But Lena had already made her choice. She followed the deepest crack yet, a thread that led to a dry-dock on Europa. There, according to the logs, a ship called the Event Horizon had been decommissioned twice—once officially, and once through the cracks. Its cargo hold still showed active life support.
FLT CRACKS DETECTED. TERMINATION PROTOCOL ACTIVE.
Kael whistled. “You touch that, and you’re not an auditor anymore. You’re a target.”
“Anything good tonight?” came a voice from the bunk above.
She cross-referenced the ship’s ID with missing persons reports. Seventeen names matched.