Sometimes you just gotta break the law to do what is right.

The year is 2095 and things aren’t going so well for Earth. With the climate crisis, war, and overpopulation running rampant, the planet’s resources have been stretched to the brink. It is for this reason that a multinational organization, the United Exploration Initiative, leads two missions important to the survival of our species. One, to make contact with an enigmatic alien entity offering help (FICSE), and the other, to expand human settlement throughout our solar system.
Working towards the second of these goals, Darnell and Lexi are just two Void-Striders, busting rocks to collect heavy metals in order to feed the colonization machine. While at first glance, the two of them seem to have little in common, him a religious, rancher turned demolitionist from Texas, and her, a pilot from Chicago with a troubled past, they have more than most. Both love making money, and both love each other’s company. This is enough.

However, after the capture of 16 Psyche, a massive asteroid made of pure gold, they find themselves caught in the middle of a market crash, each rock busting job they take earning them less than the previous one. Their dreams of starting a family and settling down before null gravity atrophy takes over appear impossible. Not to mention, their ship, their livelihood,