Freedom lovers will sneak around the oppressive politics. The mining space station was one such endeavor. The 5 P's helped. An unplanned course change results in finding a wrecked spacecraft, and new life goals within the stations population.
Using technology that you don't understand, can give results you can't forecast. Young men are always looking and going where they shouldn't. Two star empires result, one rife with corruption, the other secretive.
Pirates attack a farming planet that is on a trade route of Durham Traders. A copy of an antique trading ship plays its role in freeing those captured by the pirates.
The corrupt empire dooms millions when unbridled greed is unchecked.
The Observers were an ancient civilization that looked upon the younger species in the galaxy as entertainment. Two millennium of experiments had only resulted in three successful translations into the past. However they could detect the shadows of future events to pinpoint areas of interest. Then they would trace that shadow back to catch its beginnings. Included in this book are two background traces.