Employees recruited by a top-secret government agency signed NDAs.


    They clocked in and immersed themselves in a digital realm, utilizing brain-computer interfaces.


    Once clocked out, chips suppressed the workers'' memories—no awkward moments of secrecy.


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    Years later ...


    Directors behind the BCI technology started a private company, rehiring former subordinates. They also activated dormant code within the implants.


    In time, rumors spread about the employees'' unwavering loyalty to the company.


    As if under a sworn oath to secrecy, none mentioned their duties to anyone.


    Collectively, they built the world''s first asteroid mining fleet.


    Only, it was just the beginning ...