Seven hours until they reach what remains of the Axrathan diplomatic fleet. Dr. Rian Jengu fills the kitchen with the quiet rhythm of preparation—omelets, griddle cakes, fresh coffee. The scent of actual food, not protein packs or recycled rations, draws the crew to the dining hall one by one.

Kellan claims strategic position near the griddle cakes. Nix follows with theatrical commentary. Val arrives in a clean tunic that speaks of confidence finally freed from station grime. Jotter settles beside her, tracking everything with careful assessment. And Kai—transformed in fitted IMZ clothing, still carrying that edge of observation but inhabiting space differently.

They've read Orriona's compiled reports on each other. They know the basics—skills, backgrounds, where they're from. But Kellan suggests they go beyond the files. Share something hidden. Something real.

Laughter fills the space. Stories emerge.

The warmth of shared amusement transforms the dining hall from a mere room into something closer to home. A briefing awaits in less than three hours. But for now, strangers who survived impossible odds together are learning what it means to be crew.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound design
• A queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)
• Found family forming over breakfast
• Stories that reveal who they really are
• Grand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart

CONTENT NOTES: None

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Kai stares at the smooth ceiling, counting heartbeats against the Orriona's engines. Sleep came in fragments. Each time he closes his eyes, the explosion replays—the Belloros vaporized in a clean, cold analysis from his tactical display.

Twenty-four hours ago, he was running card games on Level 9.

Now luxury surrounds him. A contract promising credits. Academy patronage. A future.

Eight years ago, that would have set his heart racing.

Now it feels like contamination. The kind of feeling meant for alleys and abandoned corridors, where sharp edges fit the frontier's landscape. Here, surrounded by abundance, it feels wrong.

He would deal with it later. On the driftline. Where he always dealt with everything.

But the Orriona's showers aren't the thirty-second sonic rations of Edgepoint. Hot water cascades over his shoulders—a luxury bordering on reverence. And in that private moment, something breaks.

The Belloros explosion. The targeting solution. The choices made in fractions of a second.

His chest heaves. The pressure building until each breath requires conscious effort. The compartmentalization he's maintained for years cracks open, and he can't hold it back.

After the water stops, voices drift from the galley. Kellan's laugh. People being people.

He's spent years learning when to walk away. The question waiting is whether he's learned how to stay.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound design
• A queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)
• The cost of compartmentalization
• Luxury that allows grief to surface
• Learning the difference between surviving and living
• Grand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart

CONTENT NOTES: Processing trauma, emotional breakdown, survivor's guilt

WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK: Currently in Kindle Unlimited. Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content.

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Val wakes slowly, her body registering pain before her mind fully surfaces. Deep bruises from the hangar firefight throb across her shoulders and back—ducking behind crates, disarming a gravity mine under fire, bolting up the Orriona's ramp with plasma bolts sizzling past her head.

She's alive. The bruises are proof.

But now she's awake in Quarters One aboard a sentient starship. A private bathroom with an actually functioning shower. A workbench equipped with tools she's only seen in technical journals. Clothes without burn marks or worn edges.

It feels like someone else's life.

For fifty years, Val has survived on the frontier with Jotter at her side—her constant companion, the keeper of her family's legacy. Fifty years of taking the hardest jobs, the most desperate contracts, always choosing the path that led further from anything that looked like home.

She left behind expectations she couldn't meet. A mother who wanted her to design starships, not fix broken ones. A family legacy of advanced engineering theory when all she wanted was to work with her hands.

Now she stands in quarters that belong on an IMZ luxury cruiser, looking at a reflection she barely recognizes.

The engineer who improvises repairs with salvaged parts. The woman who's spent decades keeping broken things running against impossible odds. Someone who learned long ago that comfort like this isn't meant for people like her.

But the Orriona chose her. Gave her a workbench that's never known desperate fixes. Gave her tools without the scars of a thousand emergency repairs.

In eight hours, they reach the Axrathan derelict. A mission that will require everything she knows about bio-mechanical systems and ancient technology.

The question waiting in the mirror is simpler, and infinitely harder: Does she deserve to be here? And if the answer is yes—what does that mean for someone who's spent fifty years running from exactly this kind of belonging?

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound design
• A queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)
• An engineer reckoning with who she was and who she's becoming
• Fifty years of running finally coming to an end
• Family legacy and hard-won skills
• Grand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart

CONTENT NOTES: Reflection on past trauma, family estrangement, survivor's resolve

WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK: Currently in Kindle Unlimited. Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Orriona

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X: https://x.com/orriona

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