[Space Scout 02] • Infinity Is for Losers

Life as a Space Scout pilot for The Free Union can be quite varied. One minute you have parked your space ship on a tropical beach, dipping your toes in the sea and contemplating a long, cool, drink: and the next you are flying for your life as the Imperium’s pursuit ships close in behind your aging Speedbird Scout - and their shooting is far too accurate for comfort.

Captain Frank Eric Russell is in more trouble. The Free Union has managed to mislay a whole squadron of badly needed new Scout Ships, and guess who is being sent out to find them? From Deep Space to Cosmic Zoological Gardens, through interstellar scrap yards and tropical paradises, Frank follows the clues that might – just might – lead him to the missing Viper Class Space Scouts.

Fame and fortune – or more realistically a small pay rise – are his promised rewards, while notoriety and becoming a dreadful warning to the whole Galaxy of the penalty for crossing the dreaded Colonel Starker of the Imperium’s Black Ops await his failure.

That’s interstellar employee motivation for you.

Follow Frank in the flight, or possibly fright, of his life as a Space Scout of The Free Union.