The acrid smell of burning metal filled my nostrils as I stood before the wreckage of the Spice Miner's Guild harvester. Flames licked at the twisted hull, a grim monument to the Kirab ambush that slaughtered most of the Mithra crew. Only Lt. Drangh remained, her eyes hollow with grief as she handed me the makeshift transmitter. "Boris," she rasped, "without power, this is just scrap. Find the auxiliary supply... and pray the sandstorm doesn't bury us first." My Mentat training kicked in – emotions suppressed, calculations flooding my mind. This desert had swallowed better men than me, but I'd be damned if I let another soul vanish into Arrakis' endless dunes.
⚠️ Where exactly is that relay beacon? I scaled the harvester's smoldering frame, Liliha covering my flank with her rifle. Through the heat haze, I spotted it: a lone structure perched on a rock formation North/North West. Trusting my Shigawire Claw, I vaulted across the chasm. With a satisfying clunk, the beacon hummed to life... just as a Kirab dropped from the cliffs above! Bullets whizzed past my ear – Liliha's precision shot saved my hide as two more emerged. I took one in the arm, crimson blooming on my sleeve, but returned fire with cold efficiency. 
Drangh's voice crackled over comms: "Signal's dead again! Find the Mithra's side entrance – it's our only path to the auxiliary power." We sprinted north, following the quest marker. The entrance lay hidden near a crumbling windmill, its blades spinning uselessly in the toxic wind. I could taste the danger – smoke, ozone, and the metallic tang of blood. Inside? Pure chaos. Flames roared, green gas choked the corridors, and Kirab swarmed like scarabs. Pinned behind burning machinery, I gasped for breath. Machine-gun fire shredded the metal inches from my face. One clean shot was all I needed... and Liliha provided the distraction. My bullet found its mark – a headshot that dropped the gunner. 🔥 The room fell eerily silent, save for the fire's hungry crackle.
Now came the real puzzle: How do you locate an ID band in this inferno? The western wall held a side room, floors collapsed into molten pits. Jumping carefully, I spotted it – a glint of metal behind charred machinery. The identification band! This little trinket meant access through security shields later. But first... power. I doubled back to the southeast corner, kicking open a blast door. There it was: the auxiliary power supply, miraculously intact. Flipping the switch bathed the room in emergency lighting. 
Reactivating the distress signal felt like solving a deadly riddle. The adjacent room held the answer – a vent disguised as ductwork. Squeezing through, I crawled until a right turn revealed an overhead crawlspace. Hoisting myself up, I emerged into a hallway ending in a pentashield. The ID band glowed, deactivating the barrier. And there, around the corner: the beacon terminal, blinking weakly. One final push of the console... and the deep, resonant pulse of the distress signal echoed through the ship. 
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Emerging into the harsh sunlight, I handed Drangh the report. Her trembling fingers brushed mine. "Rescue's coming, Boris." Years of Mentat discipline crumbled for a heartbeat. A smile – my first in decades – touched my lips. That broken harvester? Just another scar on Arrakis' face. But as sand whipped at our robes, I dared to hope. Maybe among the stars, salvation waited. Maybe we'd meet again, beyond the dunes. 
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