Mr. Kemp was cuffed to a chair at a table in an otherwise vacant cargo space. When I arrived, Lt. Vega was standing guard outside of the room with two other troopers. I recognized Vega as one of the troopers who joined us in the blackbird when we were chasing the first three traitors. Lt. Commander Parker didn’t come back after that, and I guess that put Vega in charge.

She gave me a nod of acknowledgment through a stone face and then said, “The Captain said you were ...