Thanks for your feedback. It's funny that you mention the lack of sci-fi depth, as I was thinking the same thing. Over the last few days, I added a decent amount of techxploration. Here a link the story in its entirety.

https://steemit.com/writing/@iamscifi/fuck-this-one-chapter-at-a-time-shit-here-s-the-whole-short-story-infin-ite-ration