The Star-Crossed Pelican

Technology Hexes, Peace-Mongering, and Aggressive Negotiations

The galaxy is a mess: wars, robot uprisings, Jupiterans making bad holofilms, Plutonians insisting they have a real planet, and Earthlings kissing (which is unhygienic and resembles cannibalism). In the Pelican Nebula, the Cygnoids call a peace conference to announce a non-optional solution: obey them or be subjected to the unthinkable agony of their new weapon, the Civilizer.

Janet is long overdue for shore leave, but her peace organization bosses think saving the galaxy is more important for some reason. To solve this crisis, Janet will have to bring together her crew of misfits and their surly computer, her amnesiafied ex-boyfriend, a chocolate-obsessed smuggler, and some guy she found on an alien dating site. Because no one wants to get Civilized.