Comm

Hand gestures are also essential to Belter communication, as they evolved from the days of wearing space suits with poor comms during the early settler days.

I didn’t appreciate it yet, but the bike I’d bought was a little too big for me and I wasn’t sitting in the optimal position. One day, a few weeks in, I posted a sitrep: ‘Frustrating day with delays, crazy truck drivers, no room at the inn, comms playing up — but covered over 110km!’

My comm was set on silent mode—nothing in or out except emergency transmissions.