Editing Operation Bounce House (section)

== Plot ==
The story follows Oliver Lewis, a colonist on the planet New Sonora, who dreams of a simple life running the family ranch, playing in a band with his friends, and maintaining his aging fleet of intelligent agricultural robots. When the transfer gate between Earth and New Sonora finally opens completely, restoring instant communication and travel between the two worlds, Oliver believes this will benefit the colony. However, Earth's government has other plans.

The colossal Apex Corporation is hired by Earth's government to conduct what they euphemistically call an "eviction action"—essentially the extermination of all life on New Sonora to clear the planet for corporate development. Rather than spending resources to deploy AI soldiers directly, Apex devises a profit-maximizing scheme: they turn the colonization effort into a video game called Operation Bounce House. Bored gamers from Earth can pay for the opportunity to design their own war machines and remotely pilot them against real targets on New Sonora, blissfully unaware that they are actually committing genocide against real people.

Forced to defend his world and everyone he cares about, Oliver and his friends band together with whatever tools and knowledge they can muster. Drawing upon an old book from his grandfather and a collection of makeshift parts, Oliver becomes determined to protect the only home he has ever known from the relentless assault of remotely piloted game machines.