Human Error

In a future where governments pour billions into turning people into flawless cybernetic beings, the first orbital habitat—known as the Wheel— becomes a symbol of that ambition. When a routine docking with the cargo ship Griseda goes horribly wrong, the station is slammed, fuel tanks explode, and half of the structure is ripped apart. The disaster is captured on amateur telescopes and recorded by the station’s own radio operators, whose frantic exchanges expose the thin line between technology and human error.

The surviving crew scramble to re‑establish contact, reroute emergency power, and calculate a crash trajectory before the dwindling orbital velocity drags them toward Earth. Captain West and his officers must decide whether to trust automated systems or rely on instinctful, imperfect decisions. As the emergency commandroom fills with tension, the story probes whether a civilization built on perfection can survive when mistakes inevitably arise.