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The Daidalos lurched as its broadside batteries finally spoke, filling the vacuum with flak. They had survived the digital trap, but the lesson was carved into the hull: in the Deadlock, nothing is ever truly free. The hangar deck of the Daidalos hummed with

“Commander, the code is a Trojan,” Elara realized, her fingers flying across the terminal. “It wasn't a patch. It was a digital back door. The Cylons didn't break our hull; we invited them into our head.” “Labeled But it’s not from High Command

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