Nori’s lips curved. Not taking her eyes off the dashboard she answered. “Navigator’s prerogative. You coming? The passenger seat awaits you.”

***

They made it back to the spaceship in under five minutes.

“Holy hell,” Bulco said. “I never managed to get it to run faster than thirty. I thought maybe I hadn’t installed the new tech right. You sure can drive, girl.”

Nori chuckled. “I’m a Navigator. My Path allows me to drive every sort of vehicle.”

“Not bad,” the large man admitted begrudgingly. “As an Engineer, I can build all sorts of technical components, and the Path allows me to activate the finished product for testing, but nothing close to the level you’re showing right now.”

“Hmm, Navigator also allows me some limited control over connected subsystems, like the ship’s logs, although Lana’s much better at getting the information out of it.”

“I’m the Expert!” Lana declared from the back seat.

“Yes, you are,” Nori said distractedly as she opened the door and took a moment to scan her surroundings.

“Is it safe to go out?” Lana asked.

“All clear,” the tall woman confirmed.

They got out of the Hummer and walked toward the ship’s entrance. This time, Nori was able to open the door with a single touch. They walked straight in, heading toward the bridge.

Bulco looked around him, trying to take everything in at once. “This thing is incredible. Look at those power couplings, they’re way more advanced than the stuff I came up with.”

“If you like those, I think you’ll love what we’re about to show you next.” Lana grinned.

They took the right door from the bridge, toward the storage room and the large pile of components they had collected from the lockers.

“This ....” The large man was rendered speechless. “Asymmetric power converters, tri-phasic sensor arrays, and … Wow! A portable precursor regulator!”

“Wait, you’re telling me you know what all of this is?” Nori gestured at the pile.

“Well, yeah, sort of. No idea how, but when I look at it, I just know what it is and how to use it, you know? The interface helps, of course. I can see the components’ condition, their model version, etc.”

Lana frowned. “None of us saw anything like that when we took them out. The interface only showed us the details of two items, a spacesuit, and the exoskeleton that Nori wears.”

Bulco shrugged. “Guess you need to be an Engineer or something similar to see this kind of data.”

“We could all also see the data of the Disruptor,” Nori said. “I’m guessing that everyone can see information on complete items, but components and ingredients probably only show their information to people with the relevant Paths.”