General Elara Voss of the Orbital Manufacturing Corps didn’t trust ghosts. But as she stared at the failed stress-test report on her dataslate, she saw one anyway.
Elara picked up a magnifying loupe. There it was: a tiny 0402 component, stood up on one end like a miniature grave marker. The solder paste had reflowed unevenly—not because the oven was bad, but because the was too symmetrical . ipc-7352
Ren’s eyes widened. “General, the compliance audit is in three days. If we deviate—” General Elara Voss of the Orbital Manufacturing Corps