Meet Dirk Tolouse, maker of spare-part mechs so mismatched he calls them "shmechs." It's a branding thing. To build his schmech empire, Dirk borrowed money from Omeng Valenti, the crimelord of the town Break-My-Back. The time pay off that loan has come due, and Dirk isn't going to like Valenti's method of collecting.

• Written by Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace
  • Narrated by Scott Sigler
  • Produced by AB Kovacs
  • Engineered by Steve Riekeberg
  • Copyright 2019 by Empty Set Entertainment
  • Theme music by the band Amps & Volts

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