Hermack's obsessive pursuit of Milo Clancey, fueled by suspicion and a desire to prove his authority, leading to a potential miscarriage of justice.

Milo Clancey, a grizzled space miner with a deep-seated aversion to authority, is mid-breakfast aboard his ship LIZ 79 when General Hermack’s urgent transmission interrupts him. The moment begins with …

In the Issigri Mining Office, General Hermack seizes on Warne’s report that Clancey’s ship LIZ 79 has completed its link-up with the beacon fragment—a development that confirms his suspicions of …