Marooned on a black rock planet by Bakta Peters, Pirate Captain of the 'Verse, was his command crew. Aboard the ship he had accused them of stealing and plotting a mutiny; orchestrated they believed by the vindictive and mountainous first security officer. but actually the cold and calculated plan of the Captain all along. His first officers were entitled to a larger share and The Captains was considerable. He had revealed as much in his taunting messages. There was Caludia Tullius, the captains right hand woman; a delicate and seductive package hiding an exotic cold and calculating viper; a charmer, an athlete and a gunfighter as well as a borne leader. Corporal Vance Dryden (fmr alliance) the hotheaded engineer, of considerable stature. His expertise had kept the Tiananmen flying. Lieutenant (fmr) Jack "Spaceman" Spiff a pilot of unparalleled ability and not so reliable demeanor. He had been dishonarably discharged along with Vance when a stunt had killed several people at the academy graduation. The Doctor; Gordon Freeman was puzzled as he contended with the situation logically. Something was at play here, he wasn't quite sure what. The ships only sterile hands had been thrown out, they didn't even have a medic now. The Doctor wondered if Pirates normally preferred it that way. They commiserated in their dire state and shared a bounty of stolen nips from the galley back aboard. Drunken and dehydrated they began their journey back to civilization. On the third day they found the town of hope, Claudia mad with thirst rushed into the town and thrust herhead into a nearby horse trough. As they recovered they learned of work in the neighboring town of Fortune, a bounty of sorts, few details. Claudia proposed that they make some money to cover expenses and then steal a ship from the nearby Shipyard; the group was split, but She was not going to lose a chance to catch up with the Captain and take her revenge. She threatened them with being left behind if they did not follow her, she had a plan, and nothing they could do was going to stop her from executing it. The Crew was in agreement. But as they settled down in the Inn, even as they had walked into town; forces beyond their knowledge and understanding were moving. Deep in the heart of the Core Worlds; the seat of Alliance' power in the 'Verse, someone was watching them simultaneously through a high gain feed, an entire star system away. And as they watched the locals organize a response to the newcomers, they began their plotting and schemed their schemes; They read the files of the crew members; learned who they really were; all of their dirty secrets; like the story of a lifetime; and set in motion a long awaited plan...