S01E08 · An Offer They Won't Refuse (Kellan)

S01E08 · An Offer They Won't Refuse(Chapter Seven of Legacy, Book One of the Orriona Universe)

The Orriona's corridors stretch in white and silver—no rust stains, no patched panels, no years of accumulated wear. Edgepoint's grime stops at the threshold. For Kellan Harr, stepping aboard feels like crossing into a future he'd stopped believing in.

The conference room holds twelve chairs around an oval table, most of them empty. A question no one's asking yet: are they the first arrivals, or are those extra seats waiting for something else?

Then she appears. Light erupts from the ceiling, assembling into a figure of translucent cubes—a woman's form, nearly two meters tall, with a presence that straightens spines without saying a word.

"I am Orriona," she says. "Both commander and core system of this vessel."

She's not just a ship. She's a fully autonomous consciousness who chooses her own path through the galaxy. No corporate oversight. No government leash. She goes where need exists, operating in the spaces between established structures—delivering supplies to abandoned colonies, protecting vulnerable populations, transporting those the system's written off.

The missions she describes sound noble. They also sound dangerous.

And she's offering contracts with numbers that could change lives. Numbers that could fund a long term search for a missing father. Numbers that could buy real equipment, real freedom, real futures.

But there's a catch: she selects the missions. Final approval rests with her alone.

For a former Sector Guard pilot raised on chain of command and accountability, trusting an AC to choose where you risk your life contradicts everything. But the Orriona isn't asking for blind faith. She's done her homework on each person in this room, and she's prepared something none of them expected.

Individualized contract addendums. Personalized offers that prove she sees not just what they can do, but what they need.

The question isn't whether the offer is good. The question is whether five strangers from Edgepoint Station are ready to bet their futures on a sentient ship with her own agenda—and whether they can trust each other enough to survive what comes next.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

1. Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound design
2. A queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)
3. The moment strangers sign on to become crew
4. An AI with agency and her own moral compass
5. Personalized promises and impossible choices
6. Grand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart

CONTENT NOTES: High-stakes decision-making, trust issues, AI autonomy themes

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