Later, the CPS would be archived on a thumb drive with a dated filename: CP185_CPS_R02.06_2026-03-23. Future technicians would hunt through it for clues, for the single parameter tweak that made a system work on an impossible night. For now, though, the workbench was dark, the lamp cooling, and the radio sat like a quiet conspirator—programmed, primed, and waiting for the next conversation to begin.