Amongst officers, it is vital to carry cyberwarfare weapons. Not just on your personal device, but something preloaded, usually called "needles" and given bland nicknames. Mikey is the most used, it's a file eraser, and bonds to neural ports permanently so they have time to work.

I saw their eyes dart, I knew they were trying to counteract but it was too late. Then they narrowed their look at me as the Mikey worked. What was that? Betrayal, anger, doesn't matter, because I was the betrayed one, yet my face was calm, I read them Article 18 as they writhed.