

Below, the Corsair civilization breathed its last, like a dying Phoenix waiting on its chance to be reborn.

In orbit, the wreckage of the once feared Black Fleet drifted, blazing. The Terran fleet descended on the Corsairs home world in full force.Īfter nearly two days of fierce fighting, the threat appeared to have finally been neutralized. The fact that while they had done so, they'd succeeded in keeping the location of their base a closely guarded secret, had become a sore point for the Terran Space Fleet.Īnd then, one day, quite unexpectedly, the Corsair's maddening luck had finally ran out. For nearly a century, the fearsome Corsairs had waged a campaign of terror against the Human colonies, plundering and making travel along the space lanes that were the lifelines of the Terran Empire a risky business.
