Argent's Menagerie

<p>Argent Aquilus the best mercenary pilot in the system is always searching for the next score. Argent's ship the Menagerie houses a wild crew of an assassin a zealot a telepath a shapeshifter and a sentient droid. They scrape out a living while avoiding the watchful eye of the Triastram Planetary Council led by Argent's brother Preus and other authorities in their region of space.<br>Anxious for the next payday Argent takes a job from an unknown client for a secret payload. When the crew discovers their prize is an illegal world-killing fusion-charge and their customer a known terrorist they deliver the cargo to save their lives and avoid prison like any good mercs.<br>Argent and his crew undergo self-examination and coercion after some powerful friends capture them. They are offered a chance to defuse the terrorist's plans and avoid the death of another planet or face life in the mines of Monger. Success requires a reconciliation of family tensions while rebuilding trust with those on the other side of the law.</p>