The first book of the Sunspot Chronicles, Systems' Out! documents the historic Nanite Innovation of the generational starship Sunspot, and how it began to impact the very structure of its society. Metabang the Tutor recounts how its actions taken to advocate for its own Students, the Pembers, prompted the reclusive and sequestered Crew to release access to the ship's construction nanites for medical and sociological purposes, and the immediate consequences of that decision upon its Students and their friends as well as the ship at large.