N.o.v.a. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance | Elite

Later, when the Alliance promoted her for "measured discretion," the award ribbon caught the light and looked, for a moment, like a satellite in safe orbit. She kept the ribbon in a locker alongside a small token from the tug's pilot—a stripped bolt she had pocketed before leaving. It was useless, a thing without power, but it fit her palm like a reminder.