Michael is currently the lead engineer and quantum AI programmer for TymeCorp. Mike has spent years developing the field of quantum artificial intelligence. His experimental AI developed off of his company's Quirinus AI codebase has developed its own personality and has named itself Gustav.
Michael is overseeing deployment of the MarsLink project, a variable delay tolerant communications network for the Solar System. Working in tandem with the European Space Agency and NASA, TymeCorp's has developed its newest rocket engines to become essential in the West's race to colonize Mars.
During one of his routine nanosat deployments, an unknown object travelling through local space is discovered that will lead to a new, desperate space race to claim it.