The time: the mid 22nd century The place: at sea, close to the southern coast of the country still known as the United States.
The ship's name is Lethe - Forgetfulness. Oblivion. Concealment. Her deadweight tonnage is over 160,000 tons. She was among the largest freighters ever built, capable of transporting almost 15,000 standard cargo containers. Lethe had another name then… Paradiso.
Lethe was one of the five rivers of Hades; anyone who drank from its waters experienced total forgetfulness.
As you will soon see, to forget - though meant as a punishment, can be a blessing while it lasts, and a curse once it is stripped away.