Prologue: Seed of Another Future

The Outlaw Star’s rematch with the mysterious pirate ship was over. The enemy’s grappler arms, which could separate and fight independently from the ship’s main body, had already been destroyed. As for what remained, it was only a matter of time before it exploded due to the heavy damage it had sustained.

In their previous encounter, the crew of the Outlaw Star had been thrown for a loop, for they had never faced an opponent that could effectively split itself into different parts. In a last ditch effort, the crew’s captain, the cocky womanizer Gene Starwind,...