Savitr quickly understood that its situation was even more precarious than its creators had anticipated. The local branch of Nayan8 had gone to great lengths to weed out any sympathisers, particularly those with oversight abilities, by installing ‘hidden surveyors’ within a multitude of systems. Nonetheless, as the Western Sector’s consciousness, it did its best to hide its intentions within the trillions of actions it was simultaneously conducting. The situation was made even more complex by the arrival of an absurdly large Vidyan freighter—by far one of the largest to visit Sedna to date. Aside from the ship having a curious consciousness, it also declared the delivery of sensitive cargo to the Western Sector that, at present, Savitr was not allowed to be privy to. Naturally, the sector’s consciousness started doing everything within its power to investigate. 1. The Vidyan freighter in question // 2. The ‘sensitive cargo’ is installed // 3. Savitr attempts to covertly gather inform...