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

'Deputy Chief Camila. That's the same person that the Storren Corp. execs told me about. What's her stake in this, and why would she go out of her way to target Jasmine?'

Avery could hardly fathom why an upper-ranked officer in the Alliance Police that was stationed in a completely different sector would have it out for him.

The only reasons he could think of were wild and outlandish. Practically conspiracy theories.

'This is certainly annoying, but as long as I the systems she has jurisdiction over, it should be fine. She'll only have so much sway in other places. Plus, thanks to my Silver Cross of Heroism, I'm pretty highly regarded now. No one in the Alliance Police will want to come at me directly unless they've got some damning evidence I committed a major crime.' Avery thought.

Chapter 88 An Unexpected Addition