The Black Ship
A patrol pilot, a garbage hauler, a royal yacht, and a warship that really should have picked on someone else.
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Academy Days: GV-K707d
Second year at the Academy. An instructor with a grudge sends the commoner novice into the simulation nobody beats: four Drazzan fighters, no cover, and not many rounds.
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Prologue
Before the waste hauler, Wyatt Staples flew patrol on the Tessick-Varn Frontier. Pirates have hit the Tessick-3 relay, and they've taken people.
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Chapter 1: Lingering Systems
Now a Warrant Officer hauling bio-waste, Wyatt finds a royal yacht running from a House Cayston warship. His guns can't scratch it. His cargo might.
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Aboard the Kessler
NewStep onto the hangar deck: the Seagulls on their cradles, the crew's clutter, and the flight ops console you launch from. Bridge, mess and quarters to come.
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Cruise
No pirates, no paperwork. The Seagull launches off the Kessler, loops out through the asteroid belt and comes home, then goes round again.