The Ballad of Blaster Bill

A battered freighter drifts through the asteroid belt, its crew a ragtag mix of grizzled engineers and weary pilots. At the heart of the ship is Blaster Bill, a hulking mechanic whose brute strength is matched only by his baffling laziness and a knack for turning even routine maintenance into a spectacle. Beside him, Master Engineer Jonathan McNeer keeps a tight grip on order, constantly warning that the slightest slip could spell disaster.

When a rogue asteroid threatens to smash the vessel’s course, the crew scrambles to revive the failing hypatomic motors that keep them aloft. Bill’s well‑meaning but clumsy attempts to repair the crucial engine component spark panic, as molten metal pools where a vital rotor should be. Tensions flare between McNeer’s demanding perfection and Bill’s unpredictable methods, leaving the ship teetering on the brink of catastrophe. Listeners will be drawn into the humor‑laden, high‑stakes scramble as the crew races against time and the cold vacuum of space.