Stardrifter

An accident and injury leave Ejoq wondering if this cruise could possibly get any worse?!

The industry is changing. Ejoq is after a fresh start, but he's finding the transition from wandering gunner to kitchen apprentice a bit of a challenge!

Fundamental to power generation, star travel, manufacturing, and so much more, artificial gravity is the cornerstone technology of Stardrifter. It underpins industry and recreation, and has prompted advancements in nearly every aspect of human endeavor. But not all uses of this tech have been necessarily positive, nor has every application been successful. Check out this latest episode of "Voice F...

A massive over-arching conglomeration of corporations, interstellar limited liability companies, businesses, and services, Corporatespace is all about the bottom line. But behind all the money hustle is a supernation of people, who live their lives, and pursue their dreams just like everyone else. How can a profit-obsessed region of space possibly work, and why would anyone want to live there? Che...

A Stardrifter short story. Zimon lives rough, near the outer hull of a space colony, and far from the general population. No real home, no real comfort; for him and his companions, hope, prospects, and dignity are rare and fleeting. But a young stranger who enters their midst shatters the quiet desperation of Zimon's endless night, and very quickly, the pain and suffering of a lifetime rises to th...

A space opera podcast fiction series, and so much more!

A Stardrifter short story. Stuck in a rut, Lacey works on her family starship, ferrying cargo and passengers to long-familiar ports. A strange passenger offers her a bit of perspective, though, about her life, herself, and even her future. A quiet tale about finding satisfaction and comfort in the cold depths of space.

A Stardrifter short story. A wealthy young man gets kidnapped, but is he truly the victim? What is real and what is presumption? And how will a harrowing night prove to be the key to a woman's freedom? A tale about hope, fear, and the politics of love.

For centuries, people have been moving into the black in search of fortune, freedom, and opportunity. What might be out there these days, waiting in the great unknown, far beyond the borders of the Big Four supernations?

In the future, there are substances that nearly defy imagination: invulnerable metals; liquid computer cores; biodegradable plastics that can stop bullets. Check out these materials, and others, in this latest episode!

What use do slower-than-light vessels have in an age of faster-then-light space travel? What use does the galaxy have for cargo boats, personnel carriers, and large warboats? Check out this episode for the all the answers!

Even in the future, money makes the world go around. All the worlds, in fact! Empires thrive, and fleets of commercial vessels starjump between the stars, because of money. What form does it take by Ejoq's time? And how did that form come about?

How do you feed hundreds of billions of people scattered through the far reaches of outer space? What sort of infrastructure do you need to make sure food is grown and delivered to all your citizens? Check out this episode and find out!

The manipulation of the human genome has been raised to a fine art by Ejoq's time. Medicine has reached new heights, but not everything has changed for the better. Listen and learn about genetic engineering in the future!

What's Earth like these days? Is it a techno-wonderland, ecological mess, or something else entirely? Take a look at the future of our planet, and the special place it holds among the star-spanning nations of the galaxy!

A look at artificial environments in space. What kinds are there? How many people live in them? Are they safe? The future is full of people, and they all need somewhere to be; a lot of them are on space stations.

An in-depth examination of the future technology of starjump, including how it works, how it came about, and what the implications for human society have been.

A close look at the Alliance of Independent Nations: a complex, chaotic collection of independent states, held together by an elected body, an Executive branch, a huge bureaucracy, and a space-born military second to none.

An overview of the Stardrifter series, including the books and stories available right now; a feature about the future setting of the series, including speculations about time, and what the four major nations are.

Evany and her partner are the owners of Diamond Hard Security, specializing in High Risk and Return missions. Soldiers of fortune, their latest mission goes perfectly...for a while. Stalked by a military hunter/killer pack in a remote Corporatespace star system, their tiny ship, A Daydream of Josephina, must find it's way back to the Alliance. A simple data grab would never warrant such a desperat...

That darned cargo boat is no closer, but it's only one problem the crew of Sheila have to contend with now. Injuries! Unannounced schedule changes! Regulations so new no one has even heard of them! And an AI with a very big digital chip on his shoulder!

Artificial intelligence takes many forms in the future. Some AI's are friendly, some are hostile. Some are philosophical, some are pragmatic. And some are just plain jerks. A manufacturing error at a massive automated factory sends the crew of the small personnel boat, Sheila, rocketing out after a robotic cargo vessel, hoping to stop it before its load of faulty mechanical parts gets shipped out....

A Stardrifter short story.   Cree "Oiler" Huunan, life-long spacer and liquid cargo handing specialist, is about to be sprung from jail, his mandatory forty-eight hours for public drunkenness being nearly up. But what awaits such a man, when he's lost everything...home, job, and the love of his life? A short tale about having a place in the world, and knowing who and what that makes you.

The story ends with a big wind up, and one last secret!

Darkness falls, and so does Ejoq!