In mid-2026, a robotic spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman ascended from Cape Canaveral carrying the tools of both preservation and potential destruction — arms designed to extend the lives of aging satellites, yet equally capable of ending them. The same precision that makes orbital repair possible makes orbital sabotage conceivable, and as rival nations have already demonstrated comparable capabilities, the boundary between commercial space service and military space power is dissolving faster than policy can follow. Humanity has long struggled to separate the tool from its intent; in orbit