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Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Orbital Debt

Iris Vandal

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Orbital Debt

Humanity's first interstellar loan comes due

by Iris Vandal

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Earth financed its first starship with alien credit. Ninety years later the lender arrives to collect, and the only negotiator left is the archivist who wrote the contract's footnotes.

Pages
16
Language
English
Published
2026
Format
Read online + download

Contents

  1. 01Preface: Why This Book
  2. 02Chapter 1: The Ship That Should Not Exist
  3. 03Chapter 2: The Archive
  4. 04Chapter 3: A Signal From the Dark
  5. 05Chapter 4: What the Founders Signed
  6. 06Chapter 5: The Creditors Arrive
  7. 07Chapter 6: Reading the Original Contract
  8. 08Chapter 7: The First Negotiation
  9. 09Chapter 8: What the Ship Cannot Repay
  10. 10Chapter 9: The Currency of Memory
  11. 11Chapter 10: A Counteroffer
  12. 12Chapter 11: What Is Owed, and What Is Given Freely
  13. 13Conclusion & Summary
  14. 14Final Action Checklist: Negotiating a Debt You Did Not Create

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