"Let's show them what rightful ownership actually looks like."
He walked over to the central holotable, pulling up the schematic of the Core. It glowed with a soft, ethereal blue light, pulse-beating like a trapped heart. Rightful Ownership [v0.4.0 Part 1] By RNGR
The cold metal of the deck plates stole the remaining warmth from Kaelen’s boots. He adjusted the heavy leather strap of his pack, feeling the familiar, reassuring weight of the artifact sealed inside. "Let's show them what rightful ownership actually looks like
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The device was an ancient precursor Core. To the galactic authorities, it was contraband. To the mega-corporations, it was limitless power. But to Kaelen and the forgotten people of the Outer Rim, it was something entirely different. It was survival.
A heavy bootfall echoed behind him. Jax, his second-in-command, stepped up to the terminal, her mechanical arm whirring softly in the quiet of the ship.
"They bought a star on a map and called it law," Kaelen said. "They didn't build the colonies here. They didn't bleed to keep them alive when the systems failed. We did."