Chapter 53
Galactic Standard Date: 152,323.11 AE
Borderlands: SMM Peykaap
Sata'an Merchant Marines Lieutenant Apausha
APAUSHA
The SMM Peykaap was all engine and hidden cargo compartments, with few amenities and even fewer frills. She was built for stealth, as all Sata'an Merchant Marine ships were, and speed. Shay'tan officially designated them as trading vessels, but in reality the only 'trading' which went on was smuggling. The Peykaap shivered as it exited hyperspace.
"Where's our contact?" Lieutenant Apausha asked his navigator. Apausha was the commander, pilot, mechanic and cook of this ship, not the most noble duty in the Sata'an Empire, but he'd grown fond of calling his own shots. His bravery in answering a distress call two years ago, saving not only his fellow merchant mari
