Dark Angel Merchant Marines

Ten thousand years after a missile changed the course of Earth's fate, humanity has expanded their reach to the stars. Daria was not having a good day, even before she found herself locked up. Betrayed by her brothers-in-arms, Daria barely escaped being killed in the fallout. Without a friend in the galaxy, she finds herself dragged away for something those treacherous bastards did. What else could go wrong in one day? Help is coming, just not the kind Daria was expecting. A dapper gent she's never met blasting the doors off her cell pulls Daria deeper into the rabbit hole. She must decide whether to fight the charges against her or make a run for her life with her rescuer. As it turns out, this wasn't what Captain Lombe had in mind, either. Still, any port in a storm. For the down-on-her-luck merc and the gentleman smuggler whose hopes rest on her, the winds are a-blowing. Daria comes on board with the motley crew of the Atlanta. Neither she nor Lombe has a clue what lies around the next bend, but fortune favors the bold, right? Their misadventure takes them tearing across the space lanes, surrounded by miscreants and malcontents on every side.

Life as a merchant marine is not for the faint-hearted. People are not easy. For Jozzun, living with a bunch of blunt-brained humans is even more difficult. Especially when less-than-legitimate operations go from bad to worse... The human saying "may you live in interesting times" is starting to make sense to Jozzun. He finds himself wishing he'd considered the consequences of signing up to the crew of the Atlanta. The crew are bound for trouble, or perhaps trouble is just bound for them. Whatever the case may be, it is certainly going to ruffle the psychics' feathers. From pirates to shadowy conspiracies, and a crime boss that's a little too hands-on for Jozzun's tastes, the situation seems determined to become the worst kind of complicated. Well, he did go looking for a life of adventure. This was what he wanted, right?

The Angelos Dominion is done playing coy. Their Red Crow lackeys are pulling out all the stops and things are getting dicey. Lombe, Daira, and Jozzun are going to have to figure things out, even if they have to break a few dynasties to do it. There will be chaos, gunplay, killer robots, and... podding? Don't ask. Seriously, just don't. Trouble is as trouble does... For a band of rascals who like to dance on both sides of the law, the crew of the Atlanta sure keep finding themselves playing hero. But will pluck and ragtag resourcefulness be enough to save the day this time? Can ingenuity and a give-'em-hell attitude be enough to stop a trading empire in its tracks?