Episode 3 · 58 episodes · Cole Andrews, Kira, Renko
Roman Asher boards a transport ship with baby Kira using a fake chip. He feeds her in the cargo hold and warns of scan risks. Fifteen years later on Tidewater Station, Roman lives as Cole Andrews. A dockhand named Drav kicks over Cole's work bin in front of Kira. Cole suppresses his rage and cleans the mess. Soon after, coworkers insult him before he steps into the identity scanner line.
Roman Asher carries infant Kira through boarding platform security using the falsified chip from Dez. Inside the ship's cargo hold, he feeds Kira with a bottle and speaks about how bio-scans could expose his identity to Syndicate hunters.
Fifteen years later, Cole Andrews scrapes debris across a hangar floor on Tidewater Station. Drav walks over and kicks Cole's collection bin across the deck. Cole wants to strike back, but Kira watches him, so he silently cleans the floor.
Cole hauls heavy freight down the station corridors while fellow dockworkers throw insults at him. He joins the lineup of laborers at the security checkpoint and slides his arm into the identity scanner, waiting through the tense verification process.
“One mistake, a dead man comes back to life. And they'll never stop hunting me, on or off this planet.”
“Clean it up, trash.”
“Hurry up, you waste of oxygen.”
“Roman Asher would have broken every bone in a man's body for less. But Cole Andrews has no choice but to take the disrespect. Every day.”
Cole inserts his hand into the daily bio-scanner terminal at the checkpoint gate. The meter climbs rapidly to ninety-nine percent and flashes red against his face. Cole stares straight into the glowing light. Will the security system expose his true genetic identity, or will his forged chip pass the scan?