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

Once Grtio had finally found the location of where his uncle was, he saved it to an external drive to be analyzed later. This was hardly the place to continue looking into things since at any moment the enemy could discover them.

"Okay, let's get out of here." Kasandra said, leading the way back to the vent that they had come in through.

Yet unbeknownst to them, a major problem was currently occurring just outside of the warehouse.

"This isn't good." Avery muttered.

Several people wearing combat gear and armed with near military grade weaponry had just entered the area and were carefully heading towards the warehouse Kasandra and Grito had snuck into.

With only a glance, Avery recognized them as the group that had attacked the Dauntless while it was in the hangar.

It seemed that after the battle, they had slowly and carefully made their way back to their base.

Chapter 119 A Risky Distraction