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Avery Asteria was far from having anyone's dream job. Family circumstances had him drop out of school and flying around the expanse of space looking for treasure among the discarded trash in an old ship his father had been restoring. It was far from glamorous work, but it was all he could do to earn the money he needed. 

He was not the only one looking for fortune among the stars, though. One day a score that looked too good to be true led to a run in with a band of pirates. With some quick wits and a bit of luck, Avery managed to escape the worst, but he ended up missing out on collecting the valuable salvage he had his sights on.

Having lost a large chunk of his gear in his flight from the pirates, Avery seemed to be truly at the end of his rope. However, a twist of fate led him to discovering an experimental vessel that had been lost to the far reaches of space.

With this new ship in his possession, his prospects were looking up. It had everything and more than what any spacefarer could want. And Avery was going to use it to become the leader of the greatest band of mercenaries in the galaxy.

Path to Becoming the Greatest Space Mercenary

While Avery and Kasandra were still off in the Prazan System wrapping up the energy lifeform emergency, certain machinations were moving forward back on Yuson II.

"Sir, what's the meaning of this?"

Having stormed into her superior's office, Sergeant Jasmine Iralus was visibly upset. When she had been reviewing files on the case surrounding Avery and the ship he found, SCXD-011, the data had suddenly been restricted and subsequently erased.

When she searched for where the orders for this had come from, she found that it led back to her captain.

"Oh, had you still been working on that?" Captain Varnas said disinterestedly. "I suppose the order to have it expunged from our records came before the one meant for you."

Jasmine was visibly confused, but Varnas elaborated and gave her the order she was soon to receive in person.

Chapter 54 Assistance from Behind the Scenes