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 hastily began plotting a course to avoid the incoming projectile coming his way.

While railguns did launch their attacks at a high speed, it was nothing compared to lasers that traveled at the speed of light.

With the distance between them, Avery still had enough time to dodge.

Yet, Ezra obviously knew the weaknesses of his own weapons best and his set up was meant to work together to cover for this.

"We've got seeker missiles incoming!"

From multiple angles, missiles that Ezra had fired off and set on a delay suddenly turned and started heading towards the Dauntless. Effectively closing off any path of escape from the railgun's attack.

There were only a mere couple of seconds before Avery was saturated by deadly attacks that even his ship would not be able to take unscathed.

Chapter 85 Competition Finale