MegaC

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

After fully sweeping through the Prazan System and the surrounding area to make sure that there were not any other energy lifeforms lurking around, Avery and Kasandra had gone around collecting their spoils.

In total, they had eliminated four hundred seventy-nine energy lifeforms. With all but fourteen having been small ones.

"It's too bad that we only got two of the thirteen medium sized cores." Kasandra said, looking over the list of cores they had recovered.

"Well, we did obtain the queen's, and that thing is bound to be worth a lot. Plus, over three hundred small cores. I think we're going to be making it out of this with quite the earnings."

While it had certainly been dangerous for a bit, there was no questioning the gains they had made.

Each of the small energy lifeforms had been worth one thousand five hundred Krenin, and the medium ones twenty-five thousand.

Chapter 56 Finishing Up in the Prazan System