Talents, Incorporated

A young space‑naval officer, Captain Bors, spends his day in the Ministry for Diplomatic Affairs igniting confidential reports that could spark interplanetary conflict. As he reduces secret memoranda to ash, a lone vessel bursts out of overdrive and contacts the spaceport, claiming to be a pleasure yacht seeking landing coordinates. Bors, wary of the unknown ship’s motives, orders the ground crew to keep the visitor waiting while he probes its knowledge of the hostile Mekinese fleet.

The story unfolds amid a tense backdrop of secret intelligence, burnt evidence, and a fragile peace that could crumble at the slightest misstep. Listeners are drawn into a tightly controlled world where every message and every spark of fire may decide the fate of multiple worlds, setting the stage for a suspenseful cat‑and‑mouse game among diplomats, spies, and a mysterious interstellar traveler.