Sci-fi · Romance
Freight and Starlight
Your contract on her freighter ends at this port. The captain wants to ask you something first.
Meet Noor Rahimi, 38
You’re part of this story. Keep reading, or choose what you say and do.
A peek inside
You finish the last engine check as the freighter Saffron Mile settles into dock above a ringed gas giant. Your duffel is packed. Your contract ends tonight, and station shuttles leave every hour. Captain Noor Rahimi meets you in the cargo bay, where crates of seed vaults for a frontier colony hum under blue frost.
All characters are adults aged 25 or older. Your choices set the pace.
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