{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"COUNTER\/Weight 0.1: The First Bell","description":"By two o\u2019clock in the morning, Orth Godlove of the Consolidated Counterweight Technocracy had chosen four names. Cassander Timaeus Berenice: an Apostolosian medic with a cool head and a noble background. They\u2019d be able to use their connections, Orth thought. Speak with the Ithikos in a register others wouldn\u2019t. Then there was Mako Trig, some bright-eyed punk kid who claimed to be able to hack anything and everything. He\u2019d dance through their security with a smile. The robot was a risk. Automated Dynamics\u2019 presence would raise questions, but if it came to it, Orth trusted that they would be nothing compact steel and ceramic couldn\u2019t answer. The last name on the list was a wildcard. He\u2019d had to pull some strings, get some questions answered, make sure that this was the real deal. Aria Joie herself, the jewel in EarthHome\u2019s crown, now apparently turned freelancer on the desert planet. Whatever her motives, her legendary charisma and boundless optimism more than qualified her. There was a certain matter that needed to be cleared up - a corpse on a casino floor, a CCT manager in a cell. There were people down the hall who Orth knew would love nothing more than to roll in with the big guns, but things were\u2026 delicate. That\u2019d be a disaster. No, it\u2019d be these four. He\u2019d already furnished them with a ship. He pinched the bridge of his nose. They\u2019ll be in and out. He made the call.  This week on COUNTER\/Weight 0.1: The First Bell Orth Godlove rolls the dice!   Hosted by Austin Walker (@austin_walker) Featuring Keith J Carberry (@KeithJCarberry), Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal), Ali Acampora (@ali_west), and Art Tebbel (@atebbel)   Produced by Ali Acampora Cover Art by Craig Sheldon (@shoddyrobot) Music & Show Notes by Jack de Quidt ","author_name":"Friends at the Table","author_url":"https:\/\/friendsatthetable.net","html":"