Stepping out from the woodwork to comment on this story.
I liked this story for the same reasons I enjoyed Punk Rock Voyager (my first Escape Pod listen). The story doesn't care how plausible you think it is, because, well, screw you and your fascist expectations anyway. [1]
It was unrelenting, unselfconscious, courageous, adventurous fun.
Thanks!
Oh, hey, can you please turn the intro music back up? It's my tuesday morning theme song, and if I listen to it loud, the robot lady (much as I lurv her) ends up shouting in my ears.
[1] not meant as an ad-hominem attack on other commenters. Just, you know, going with it.