Classic Film Noir style, high contrast black and white, moody shadow play. Starts medium shot on Detective Vance, a weather-beaten Indigenous American man in his 50s with deep lines etched into his face and silver-streaked hair tied back, sitting slumped behind a heavy oak desk cluttered with futuristic data tapes and a retro glass of bourbon. He is wearing a standard Star Trek TOS uniform tunic with black collar and with the Starfleet insignia clearly visible on the chest , paired incongruously with a worn 1920s fedora hat with a wide brim tilted low over his eyes. Venetian blinds from the window cast long, prison-bar shadows across his face and the uniform. The camera remains static, focusing on the smoke rising from a cigarette in the ashtray. The man does not move his lips, but his internal monologue is heard as a gravelly voice-over narration, speaking the exact words "She told me the dilithium was stolen, but her eyes... her eyes told me it was murder." Chiaroscuro lighting, heavy film grain, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, 1940s cinema aesthetic, photorealistic texture.