Skonnon Cargo Beacon

A compact navigational device mounted near the pilot’s station, its lens glowing a sickly amber to guide ships through Skonnon-controlled space. During the crisis, it flickers erratically as the copilot overrides systems, casting jagged reflections across shattered console displays. The crew’s reliance on it appears doomed—the pilots frantically try to reacquire its signal even as alarms drown out its intermittent pulses.