Page 232 of Commander’s Mate

Ventilation knowledge.

Lift overrides.

People who might understand the mine better than the guards did.

Tivid sent the aggregate finding to Zared.

His reply arrived three minutes later.

COME TO TACTICAL.

Scarlet looked at me.

“You’re getting summoned.”

I looked at the message.

Then typed back.

REQUEST OR ORDER?

Three dots appeared.

REQUEST.

I smiled.

Scarlet groaned.

“You two are exhausting.”

Tactical held eight people and too many screens.

Zared pointed to the Breskaa schematic.

“Show them.”

Not tell them.

Show them.

I put the route distribution on the main display.

“This is not exact.”

The ground captain nodded.

“Understood.”

“It is not confirmed.”

“Understood.”

“It does not mean everyone in Sector Six is technical.”

“Harper.”

I looked at Zared.