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Here it is. My first time ever really committing to a NaNoWriMo. For the past few years, I've had loads of difficult physics classes on top of full time work and taking care of a growing family. But at the moment, I'm unemployed, graduated, and being a stay-at-home dad. Which leaves me no excuse not to participate Here is where I will be posting new scenes for the story. Hopefully it won't be too boring as it spins itself out. The story is set in the Starnet (shameless plug for my worldbuilding thread - I've got the beginnings of a historical overview of the setting over there), my science fiction setting. As the Starnet is the far future of my primary fantasy setting, it's not a hard science fiction universe. But apart from one or two handwaves (justified as alien technology) and the magic system (a natural outgrowth of the cosmology), the setting is as realistic as I know how to make it. Thanks to Rocketpunk Manifesto, the ToughSF blog, and the Atomic Rockets website for hard scientific answers to sci-fi worldbuilding questions. A short synopsis of the story follows: Daern Onidsen is a decorated warship captain, pirate hunter, and a hero of the Federation. And an inmate of the highest security prison in Federation space, facing execution because his heroism threatened to expose treason in high places. But when an important visitor arrives with an offer he can't refuse, he finds himself plotting a daring prison break, stealing Federation starships, and forming a pirate band of his very own. And along the way, he may just get his revenge. Hope you enjoy!