Federation and Empire

Gaelic of Arkum is dying. The only thing the ne'er do well smuggler and ex-junkie wants to do with the little time left him, is drop off his last load, get paid and hole up in his favorite cathouse for a week before shoving off back into space for a final flight into oblivion. Unfortunately for Gaelic, his long buried past comes a calling, gumming up his plans and luring him back to the source of ...