With his knuckles gripping the silver-hued, soul-devouring ring handle, Kaid’s boot soles crushed the shattered alloy plating in the space station corridor, while crackling arcs of electricity darted through the holes in the ceiling 💥. As a scout with the Federation Marine Corps, he had tracked down the remnants of the rebel forces to this abandoned “Ghost Station.” This dagger was left behind by his fallen comrade, Leia—its 3D-printed core embedded with a miniature sensing chip capable of detecting residual neural signals from the rebels. Suddenly, the hatch at the end of the corridor emitted a piercing unlocking sound. Kaid pressed himself against the wall, and the dagger’s silvery blade glinted coldly in the flickering emergency lights 🔦. He kicked the hatch open in one swift motion—only to find an inert neural interface device, its screen displaying Leia’s identification number. Kaid ran his fingertips over the tiny aperture on the dagger’s hilt and suddenly realized: the chip contained not only a tracking program but also Leia’s list of rebel moles—and the first name on that list was his own codename, “Raven.” He tightened his grip on the dagger as the emergency lights abruptly went out, and faint footsteps echoed down the corridor 🚶.