I think the science fiction stuff I'm thinking of assumes the audience just wants to see a story about one broken family succeeding against personal and scienti

I think the science fiction stuff I'm thinking of assumes the audience just wants to see a story about one broken family succeeding against personal and scientific odds to save the solar system with one small device that has been stored in a shed somewhere on a ranch in Oregon by a scientist who continued to do his work after his project was hijacked by the military. ;-)