Unsettled: A short story from The Face of the Deep Universe

Vincent Chen keeps star systems in close communication with each other as he tends to the comms ferry satellites that connect the Realm of Five. He doesn't take risks for others. All it takes is answering the wrong distress signal... Rescuing the wrong woman... Making the wrong trip home... Helping the wrong spies... And Vincent races across the galaxy, saving people in need, bringing criminals to justice.