I joined the merchant navy at seventeen. By twenty-nine, I had my captain's stripes. I've circled the globe. I've crossed the Suez and Panama Canals. I've stood watch in pirate-infected waters. I've towed offshore platform sections across hostile seas. For two decades I've made a living staring at the horizon. Somewhere out there, between night watches and long transits, a story began forming. What happens when the land can't sustain us anymore? What do we build offshore? Who