Chapter Four
Incomers
“A sewage plant is the beginning of civilization.”—Arthur of the North
The first spaceship arrived in the middle of Hubby’s burial.
The crew—or Settlers, as they called themselves—had worked their socks off building, creating, even laying off s*x for a while to create a town, and Arthur of the North knew a day of celebration was needed: a day for Hubby, the forefather of Planet Hy Man.
Not that many agreed with the whole forefather bit; Hubby was mainly remembered for sneaking into the women’s kitchen. Wife-ie was known as the true forefather, but who was going to argue when the first batch of home brew was ready, and Hubby was a far more likeable character than crabby-faced Wife-ie?
The spaceship landed on a pad, using coordinates sent by Wife-ie—a ploy to let
