The server room at LogistiCore hummed with the sound of a thousand cooling fans, a white noise that usually lulled Elias into a zen-like state. But tonight, the noise was just friction.
Introduction
System Requirements
Elias stood before "The Beast"—a monolithic industrial label printer the size of a refrigerator. It was the heart of the warehouse. Without it, shipping labels couldn’t be generated, pallets couldn’t leave the dock, and the 6:00 AM shipment of medical supplies to the regional hospitals would sit rotting on the concrete floor.
