"Where do I sign?"

Ensign Tago zoomed in on the long-range scanner. "One. No transponder. Flying a Jolly Roger—skull and crossbones, but with a cracked hard drive for an eye."

Mira smiled. Downloadpirate —the ghost ship every rogue data-jockey whispered about. Captained by the legendary Sarya "The Seed" Kovac, who believed information wanted to be free. The ICF had put a trillion-credit bounty on her head.

Mira watched in awe as the ICF cruiser's guns began firing at random coordinates. "How…?"