Eric was a top rocket engineer. He refused to falsify test data for corporate profit, so they blacklisted him. His career ended. His wife left. He became homeless. Then a private space company's engine failed, the one he built. No expert could fix it. A corrupt consultant pushed for a costly replacement. Eric walked in. They laughed at him. He signed a high-risk contract betting his freedom on two days. He fixed it in three hours. No instruments. No fancy tools. Just his hands and the knowledge that he built that engine. He found a loose bolt in the cooling system, exposed Miller's sabotage, and made the engine run better than new. The rocket launched. He refused a fortune in stock, demanding an independent R&D department instead. Now he's building a team, exposing the corrupt, and proving that real science doesn't answer to money. It answers to the truth.
