Race Riot

On the distant colony of Centaurus II, life has settled into a strange routine of high‑tech comforts and frontier hardships. In the small town of Port Knakvik, a newly installed inductor stove and a bottle of locally distilled whiskey sit alongside log houses and a bustling spaceport. The colonists—miners, farmers, and idealistic newcomers—share the landscape with the planet’s native Centaurans, a coexistence that feels as fragile as the long, thirty‑hour days.

John McCullough, a quiet farmer, spends his Sunday repairing windows and watching his children play, while his neighbors debate the future of the native population. A gruff miner voices the old‑world fear of “too many natives,” while an intellectual friend tries to temper the hate with reason. Their conversation, set against the backdrop of a river‑side sunset, hints that the underlying tensions are about to surface.

As the evening deepens, the uneasy peace begins to crack, and the small community finds itself on the brink of something far larger than a simple disagreement. Listeners will soon feel the heat of a brewing confrontation that forces every resident to choose a side.