Riley Carter has her badge. Now she has to earn her place.Station 17 doesn't care that she graduated top of her class. The crew has its own rules, its own rhythms, and its own way of deciding who belongs — and none of it was in any manual.As a probie on Engine 82, Riley learns fast that competence isn't enough. Speed gets you corrected. Pride gets you humbled. And the only way through is to stop racing and start listening.Station 17: Baseline is the second book in the adult sapphic Station 17 series — a grounded, intimate story about what it actually costs to earn your place inside the house you fought so hard to reach.