S01E04 · Goodbye Neighbor (Val)

S01E04 · Goodbye, Neighbor (Val)(Chapter Three of Legacy, Book One of the Orriona Universe)

Engineer Valunara "Val" Jaren has spent five years on Edgepoint Station fixing other people's broken equipment with salvaged parts and scarred knuckles. The pay barely covers a bunk and a meal. The work keeps her moving, but it's not progress—it's drifting. And at fifty-five, with grey streaking through her hair and a workspace converted from a storage closet, she knows the difference.

Then a private job invitation appears in her inbox: the Orriona needs an engineer. It's the kind of opportunity that doesn't come to people like her—people who've spent years holding stations together with spare parts and stubbornness while the galaxy moves on without them.

Jotter, her ancient bot companion with memory cores spanning generations, thinks she should take it. But leaving means saying goodbye to the few connections she's made in five years of surviving Edgepoint's depths. It means packing up a life she's built from nothing and betting everything on a ship she's never seen, with a captain she's never met.

As Val makes her way through Level 11's familiar corridors one last time, she's forced to confront a question her grandmother once asked: What happens when you give up on broken things too soon? And what happens when the broken thing is yourself?

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)
• A seasoned engineer haunted by lost potential
• An ancient bot with unexpected wisdom
• Found family and difficult goodbyes
• Grand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart

CONTENT NOTES:

Themes of aging, regret, economic hardship, emotional goodbyes

WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK:

Ebook is currently exclusive to Amazon and available in Kindle Unlimited.

Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content.

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orrionauniverse/

X: https://x.com/orriona

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orriona

SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes as we follow the crew of the sentient starship Orriona.

Welcome aboard. The Driftline awaits.

#GaySciFi #AudioDrama #SpaceOpera