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 watched as a countdown displayed by his visor started at ten and began making its way towards zero.

The time for practice was over, and the real program was about to start.

'I prepared as much as I could. Now all that's left is to do the best that I can.' Avery thought, his new laser pistol resting in his hands and ready to be fired at a moment's notice.

Soon the countdown reached its end, and the first AR targets created by the simulation appeared.

Immediately a dozen stationary ring targets showed up in Avery's field of vision. The first part of the program was going to be a simple test of one's aim.

With reflexes Avery had honed during his time learning under Urs and the last two weeks of intense training he had undergone with Kassandra and Kaiden, he raised his gun up and opened fire on the targets.

Red flashes of light erupted from his weapon's muzzle and flew towards the floating rings at an imperceptible speed.

Chapter 76 Shootout