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

"Avery, are you sure agreeing to that was a good idea?" Kasandra asked as they made their way back to their ship.

Instead of going to the import market as they had initially planned, the two of them were heading directly back to the Dauntless to figure out their next more.

"I don't know, but I felt like it would have been a mistake to decline. If it had been anyone else, I could have just brushed them off, but not with Ezra, and certainly not with the way he made the challenge public." Avery responded with a sigh.

He had ultimately agreed to Ezra's terms and accepted a competition to see which one of them was the better mercenary. Then whichever one of them lost would end up as the other's subordinate.

Avery could tell that his opponent was completely serious, but also not looking down on him. It had been a proposal between equals. Which had only made Avery even more inclined to accept.

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