Kharon Spire
A working moon where a production target has consequences.
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.
Coverage: Books 17–17. Opening context is visible; the endpoint is below.
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.