Before the Parade Passes By
On a mining colony orbiting a neutron star, a man starts singing, driving his coworker and the corporate security alignment patrols to the absolute brink.
Captain of Bad Decisions
Andrew Sternkern gets into massive debt because of a luxury hoverboat with emotionally supportive navigation, qualifying him for off-world positions on Yonkers.
The Trash Man's Inferno
Barnaby Williams compacts an improperly classified self-heating noodle canister, destroying his garbage truck, making him internet famous, and sending him to Yonkers.
First Contact
Surveyors Gideon Vale and Martin Krake land on YK-441 for the first time, arguing about future cities, capitalism, and whether kids would love a planet with a screaming sky.
Unlimited Power
Gideon proposes directly harvesting the relativistic particle jet of the dead star. Martin attempts to explain basic astrophysics and considers opening the airlock.
The Opportunity Alignment Specialist
June Parker navigates the daily grind of Horizon Fidelity Financial's debt restructuring department, where she cynically aligns desperate clients with grim off-world assignments to the mining colonies of Yonkers.