Kharon Spire
A working moon where a production target has consequences.
The Foundry Under the Roots
An artistic interpretation of Chapter III of The Iron Orchard: the discovery of the machine beneath the working moon.
An introduction
The Iron Orchard brings the crew to an industrial and agricultural setting where missing workers cannot be explained away by reassuring figures. Zone 7 draws attention to systems whose operation depends on decisions made by people.
Why this encounter matters
Tala and the workforce give the place a future beyond the visitors’ investigation. Machinery, cooling, containment and testimony belong in the same account: a technical response cannot settle every question about how the danger was created.
Book 17. Later developments are inside the spoiler panel.
Later developments · spoilers through Book 17
Hearings and contractual consequences follow the immediate containment work. Jun remains to teach. The later relay investigation reveals a network beyond the local site; the book does not claim that one successful intervention has made that whole network safe.