Chapter 126
Galactic Standard Date: 152,323.07
Zulu Sector: H.M.S. Light Emerging
Colonel Raphael Israfa
RAPHAEL
Because her primary function was to gather intelligence, the Light Emerging boasted some of the most brilliant engineers in the fleet. Therefore, it was a matter of no small importance when their head engineer summoned Raphael down to weigh in on a problem about a malfunctioning drone.
"See that, right there?" the engineer pointed at a scratch. "It's been jimmied."
"But there's nobody out here!" a second engineer remarked.
"It's a scratch," the first engineer said. "Somebody drilled into this and then replaced the screw."
Raphael bent over the malfunctioning drone and examined the maintenance access panel. It had definitely been drilled out, and then replaced.
"What s
