Jonno’s Biblography

  

  • Belt Rat
    A miner, hauler, or scavenger who spends more time among rocks than on any planet. Usually smells of recycled air and regrets.
  • Boost Juice
    Jonno’s own brew of extra-strong tea, dark enough to stand a spanner in. Keeps him upright on far too little sleep.
  • Cargo Juggle
    The fine art of shifting dodgy freight from one client to the next before anyone checks the paperwork.
  • Dead Spin
    When your stabilisers conk out and you start tumbling like a dropped spanner. Bad for your lunch and your life expectancy.
  • Docking Dance
    That hair-raising routine where you try to berth your ship on a budget station with wonky guidance beacons.
  • Dust Hoppers
    Small mining rigs that scuttle across asteroid surfaces, operated by folks with more guts than sense.
  • Gravity Creep
    That sore-ankle feeling you get after bouncing between zero-G and station gravity too often. Occupational hazard.
  • Hull Patch
    A quick-and-dirty repair job that stops you from dying — at least until the next paycheque.
  • Ion Rash
    That faint tingling in your hair from standing too close to a badly shielded thruster.
  • Junkyard Ballet
    What happens when half the station’s cargo bots go haywire in a docking bay. Beautiful, in a terrifying sort of way.
  • Life-Scrubber
    The air filter. Neglect it at your peril, unless you fancy breathing yesterday’s bad curry.
  • Nano-Fix
    Tiny repair bots you throw at a problem when you don’t have the time, money, or will to do it properly.
  • Orbital Shuffle
    The repeated dance of lining up your orbit with a crowded station’s docking windows. Tests your patience — and your insurance policy.
  • Rust Bucket
    Any ship older than its pilot and held together by faith, duct tape, and a prayer to the engineering gods.
  • Station Special
    Any cheap meal sold in orbit. If it doesn’t kill you, it’ll at least make you question your life choices.
  • Space Lag
    That brain-fog you get after a long trip cooped up in cryo.
  • Thrust Monkey
    A pilot who pushes engines past safety limits every time they fly. Not recommended if you value your ship.
  • Void Tax
    That mysterious surcharge that appears on every station bill. No one knows who pockets it, but you’d better pay it.
  • Zed-Sleep
    The half-zombie nap you grab in a flight chair between emergencies. Not restful, but better than nothing.
  • Zero-Spin
    What you call a station that can’t afford proper artificial gravity. Float carefully, or you’ll spill your boost juice.

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