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When the ICF ship limped away, Sarya turned to Mira. "You have two choices. Join us, or take a shuttle to the nearest colony and live quiet."

The two ships docked with a hiss of equalizing pressure. Sarya boarded the Reprisal , her coat lined with optical cables and her right arm replaced with a multi-tool that hummed with processing power. She was older than the holos suggested, with grey-streaked hair and eyes that had seen too much. downlaodpirate

Sarya laughed, a dry, cracked sound. "Kid, you don't ask a pirate for passage. You ask for a fight." She nodded toward the ICF cruiser that had just dropped out of FTL, its cannons already glowing. "And here it comes." When the ICF ship limped away, Sarya turned to Mira

Mira smiled. Downloadpirate —the ghost ship every rogue data-jockey whispered about. Captained by the legendary Sarya "The Seed" Kovac, who believed information wanted to be free. The ICF had put a trillion-credit bounty on her head. Sarya boarded the Reprisal , her coat lined

Mira watched in awe as the ICF cruiser's guns began firing at random coordinates. "How…?"

Sarya deleted them with a flick of her metal hand. "Those were stolen from a dead world's indigenous people. We're giving them back." She smiled. "That's the real piracy, Captain. Not stealing data. Stealing it from the thieves."

Mira stared at the flickering screen. The data was their only bargaining chip. "Any ship on the horizon?" she asked.