The Graveyard of Space

Ralph and Diane Meeker are weary veterans of a doomed asteroid‑mining contract, now huddled in the cramped cockpit of the battered Gormann ’87 as they steer toward home. The couple’s marriage bears the weight of three hard years on a speck of rock in the belt, their conversation sparse but tinged with an unspoken longing for a fresh start. Their aging ship creaks under the strain of decades of service, its radar flickering like a nervous heartbeat as they chart a course through familiar debris.

When the radar finally blares, a glittering field of abandoned vessels materializes where only dust should be, the infamous Sargasso of Space looming ahead. Hundreds of silent ships drift together in an eerie, slow‑motion ballet, their presence turning the void into a graveyard of forgotten explorers. With thrusts unresponsive and gravity pulling them inward, Ralph and Diane must wrestle with failing systems and the unsettling mystery of the ghost‑fleet before they are swallowed whole.