The life of mechanic Jo from the expeditionary base Mjølner, situated on one of the largest transneptunian objects in the Kuiper Belt - 2007 OR10, lacked lyricism and exaltation. It exuded despair and overwhelming loneliness, filled with the repetitiveness of the same tasks and service work without surprising twists and sudden turns - except for the relocation to the back of the repair hangar and the discovery of a long-forgotten warehouse of hyperdrive controllers, which injected quite a bit of excitement into the life's monotony.

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If it weren't for the Invader's catastrophe, none of us would probably bother with the mechanic and his mundane life as a serviceman, because no one really cared about what was going on in his head or what inner dramas this pathetic eccentric was experiencing.

But with mechanic Jo, it was such that he, too, couldn't care less about what others thought of him. Trained in procedures, clad in a spacesuit, tethered to the rim, and released through the airlock, he savored the sight of the stars.