No, it wouldn’t take a ghost of these obvious abilities long at all to wreak havoc in their system, eventually taking them over completely.

“Eighty-nine,” Scotty said, and for a second, Ling didn’t even realize what it was he was talking about.

And then a familiar voice they hadn’t heard for what seemed like hours crackled over everyone’s headsets. “I’m not waiting any longer,” Sprite said. “I’m entering encryption.”

Vapor pulled up Sprite’s sector and saw the ace hack back on her terminal, quickly moving across the sector and toward the entrance to encryption.

“Sprite, wait for it,” Ling demanded.