Government control over humanity fractures during the great expansion. Every station, colony, and orbital seeks independence. The powerful maintain their borders only and the poor become nefarious to make ends meet. To combat the galaxy's agressive nature, the core systems train privateers to venture forth in an effort to tamp down on the lawlessness. Rico's father served as a soldier of Mars. At a young age Rico receives rigorous military simulator training. His fahter's - failure means death attiutude - leaves scars upon his son. Rico is forced to suddenly become a man when his father dies. Years pass and through gritty determination, Rico proves he is worthy of earning the title of Privateer. Slight problem, he is saddled with his father's debt, scorned for being a kid from the slums of Ganymede, and forced to accept a contract to the outer systems no one else wants. Life... life is mysterious and fickle, a lesson Rico is about to learn in spades. Interior art is finished, expect to see art in the chapters now. Probably will start audio with this. Warning. Once this hits book 2 chapter 1 - there will be a 30 day lag period before it transitions to amazon. To be fair, I don't even have patreon on paypal linked. I'm just looking for feedback and an arc team to help the launch.