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Kael had been a miner. A nobody. His battered Leonov freighter, held together with salvage tape and spite, was a ghost among the asteroid fields of Beta-3. He knew the hum of a failing warp drive better than the taste of real food.

But the true test came on Day 7.

Two more shots. The dreadnought's engines turned to brittle, orange-brown dust. The ship drifted, helpless. darkorbit uber protegit

The pirates surrendered. The convoy passed unharmed. And Kael, the miner who was nothing, sat in the heart of the most powerful ship in the galaxy. Kael had been a miner

A voice, calm and androgynous, filled his cockpit. He knew the hum of a failing warp

The Maw tried to flee. Kael smiled. He pointed his bow at its engine nacelles and whispered, "Rust."

And his real test was only beginning.