Beta Sector: Anthology by Stephen A Fender

Beta Sector is an area of space stretching far beyond our current solar system Hundreds of years from now this area has been both explored and colonized by human and alien races Pirates smugglers militaries some friendly some fiercely protective of their domains and civilizations both primitive and advanced abound in Beta Sector Full of wondrous sights discoveries and riches beyond the imagination Beta Sector is also called home by those who would quickly dispatch trespassers and wouldbe adventurers who make a single miscalculationThis anthology contains six stories set in the Beta Sector universeBest in the Fleet Your world is your ship not the planet you were born on For those serving in Unified Sector Command their warship is also their biggest source of prideThe Crown of Gnar Victor Trudeau intergalactic spy is hot on the trail of a jewel thiefThe Last Ride of the 7th Outmanned and outgunned the 7th Unified Marine Expeditionary Unit will fight to the very last man to ensure that freedom will forever reign across Beta SectorThe BestLaid Plans When a dangerous criminal gets his hands on an ancient warship theres only one person to call to bring the worldhopping culprit to justice Victor TrudeauShipwrecked on Moruta Crash landing on the surface of an alien world the passengers of the space liner Pride of Trinidad must make their way to safety while avoiding hostile lifeforms treacherous space pirates and a traitor in their own midstWhere Crimson Banners Still Wave On a desolate world at the edge of Beta Sector the last survivors of a planetwide catastrophe struggle to endure as best they can