Now, the firmware was rewriting the drone’s own history. Line by line, the logs restored themselves. Not GPS failure— override . Someone else had been flying the Raptor that day. A ghost in the machine.
Leo leaned back. “Fr” wasn’t a typo for “for.” It was a designation. French Republic. Dyon’s military contracts. The Raptor wasn’t his drone. He’d just been borrowing it. Firmware Update Fr Dyon Raptor
The subject line of the email was simple: Now, the firmware was rewriting the drone’s own history
But the black box had never been found.
Leo’s hands went cold. The Baltic incident was supposed to be a GPS glitch. The Raptor had veered off course for 47 seconds, lost a rotor, and plunged into the waves. He’d ejected the battery and black box on instinct before the splash. Someone else had been flying the Raptor that day