Mr. Biggs goes to town

The story follows Lancelot Biggs and his crewmates aboard the freighter Saturn as corporate orders force a fleetwide medical inspection and reassign the ship to sensitive missions involving a troubled planetoid, Iris. The crew confronts a legal and moral dilemma when privateers have seized control of the local government, blocking direct intervention, so the company seeks alternative leverage through trade and resource development. Practical ingenuity and a discovery of petroleum deposits on Iris shift the balance, enabling negotiation and a pragmatic resolution. The tone mixes spacefaring adventure with satirical observations on bureaucracy, commerce, and the ethics of corporate power in frontier settings.