1) Humanity is spreading across the galaxy in a stolen spaceship. Unless we find our own microscopic black hole to power our own FTL ship, the "Ship Builders" will eventaully return, take back their stolen property and humanity's Golden Age comes to an abrupt end. Hard Science Fiction Storyline - and pretty damn obvious from the screenshots.
2) All of our old prejudices are gone.... so we created new ones. Everyone in the future has their computer/phone wired into the head. Jason's neurological condition prevents that, he has Ludwig's Disease. I finished most of the story before realizing I had created the ultimate metaphor for how society treats mental illness - the main character's head is literally miswired. Or, for that matter, any invisible handicap, like deafness.
3) Finally, this is a retelling of the story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece. Pretty much exactly. I included the Stygian Witches, plus Scylla and Charybdis, who didn't occur in the original myth, but seriously, the rest of the story is all there. Jason, the agronomist, is aboard the Argo. Medea, the shipboard gene-witch, helps him through ALL of his challenges. At the end of the story, he becomes captain because of her actions. This list goes on and on. Read the myth and see how many references you can catch.
