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

"Count Iniquus Dannoso. If we put together everything we've gathered, he seems to be the most likely candidate for the one pulling the strings around all the incidents happening here."

Avery traced the final remaining name on the list Jasmine had put together.

This man was the only one with a solid connection to the planet being terraformed in the Phregon System, possessed a name starting with Ini-, had a discernable association with the person named as CEO of the shell corporation, Bréige Pharmaceuticals, and had a strong business relationship with the company Grtio had identified as providing the diodes and resistors used in the manufacturing of the implant found within Erantur Oert's head.

There was a possibility that they might be wrong, but at the very least, all the evidence that the six of them had collected pointed to this man.

Chapter 124 The One Pulling the String