Gene-engineered for deep-space, the Salvorathan resemble nothing quite so much as the legendary ‘dwarf’.

The Handlers and the Abszurl are symbiotic subcultures, products of human society’s expansion into the stars.

These are the worlds and planets encountered by daring space explorers.

Ships, that have character, are the best means to get to the stars.

Tell me, who wouldn’t want to see the stars? But laws of physics, as we know them, seem to put undesired constraints on extensive traveling through space. Can’t we just get around them? Seriously: how could a Faster-Than-Light drive work?