Chapter 53: Val Makes a Connection
Val goes looking for a quiet terminal and leaves a tech with a new hobby: thinking about him.
This chapter’s cover image may have been the most fun to make 👀
Previously on The Signal…
Val gives up an uncomfortable truth to avoid giving away his search for Wren.
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He’d never spent a lot of time in the tech sectors. Generally, if it wasn’t related to ships or aviation, he wasn’t interested. But he still knew his way around enough to find a minor comms relay station. Less staff, less security, but still enough access for what he needed.
If this didn’t work—
He cut that line of thought. It would work. Siccing the gangs on Argus had too many unknowns for his liking. He’d skim the comm data to see what kind of traces they’d left on the network.
He only needed one unattended terminal.



