The Starfire Scoundrels Story
Welcome to the Fringe, a Five Parsecs from Home solo narrative campaign following the crew of the Starlight Vanguard. Neon docks. Bad contracts. Worse rivals. Hard-bitten sci-fi grit with a smirk.
The Starfire Scoundrels
They met in the Rusty Wrench on Nexus-9—a bar that smells like coolant, cheap synth-ale, and second chances that never quite stick. Captain Aria “Starfire” Voss, scarred and sharp, looking for a crew that would not fold under pressure. Elias “Tech” Thorne, who walked in with a restored troop transport and a crush he never quite hid. Kai “Ghost” Tanaka, quiet knives and quieter ghosts. Lyra “Hex” Tanis, uplift steel and mercenary cool. Rax “Wrench” Thal, the xen engineer who could talk a dying reactor into one more jump. Jaxara “Jax” Morgan, hacker smile and a machine pistol that never stays holstered long.
They call themselves the Starfire Scoundrels. They fly together. They split the spoils. They burn whatever needs burning—and sometimes what should have stayed buried.
Episode Zero – How the Starfire Scoundrels Came Together
February 6, 2025 CT
In the seedy Rusty Wrench on Nexus-9, fate pulls six unlikely souls into one crew. Captain Aria “Starfire” Voss nursing a hard job’s hangover. Elias “Tech” Thorne offering a scrapyard troop transport with jump drives that actually work. Kai “Ghost” Tanaka, Hex Tanis, Rax “Wrench” Thal, and Jaxara “Jax” Morgan finding their seats at the same sticky table. The Starlight Vanguard has a name. The Scoundrels have a crew. The Fringe is waiting.
Episode One – Mirrorshroud and Research Station Delta
March 13, 2025 CT
The Vanguard limps onto the dust-choked moon of Mirrorshroud chasing courier credits and finds itself stuck for repairs. Voss and Kai dig up a government job through Admiral Reyes: clear trouble at Research Station Delta. Reflective dust eats laser fire. Steel and grit do the rest. First payday on a lonely moon—and the first taste of what this crew can do together.
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Episode Two – VIP Hacker Down by the Docks
March 29, 2025 CT
Ship debt ticks down. A derelict salvage lead whispers from the system’s edge. Then Biomorphix calls: protect a VIP retrieving “stolen” research at the space docks before Blood Storm Mercs claim it. Dockside gunfire. An implant as fringe benefit. The Scoundrels earn a corp’s attention—and a rival’s shadow starts to lengthen.
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Episode Three – Starfire Scoundrels and the Rival
April 11, 2025 CT
Kai’s old hacker contact dangles a data-stick and a personal score: Drave Spectre is coming for the same cache. Five Scoundrels hit the streets of Mirrorshroud. Tech gangers fall. Spectre goes down hard. Loot, a neural optimizer ripped from a rival’s skull, and a quest rumor pointing straight at a derelict Vita Synth ship. Time to leave the moon behind.
Episode Four – Starfire Salvage Op
May 29, 2025 CT
At the edge of the Nexus system waits the Aetherion Helix—a Vita Synth science wreck Unity salvage wants just as badly. Two fireteams. Pistols and shotguns only. Pressurized halls that turn red the second shots ring out. Jax pulls quest data from a living screen. Hex takes the bridge. Frakk grenades and hard-won salvage ride home aboard the Vanguard—and Hex earns the captain’s trust in blood and quiet words.
Episode Five – Return of the Starfire Scoundrels
January 28, 2026 CT
Back on Nexus-9, Voss pays off the ship debt in full and gets shaken down for a “freelance license” renewal the second she walks out. A persistent patron needs K’Erin protection rackets taught a lesson at a vendor flat. Training pays off. Stun markers stack. The Scoundrels remind the starport they are not the soft mark the syndicate hoped for—and more work starts calling.
Episode Six – “Game Over Man, Game Over!”
February 5, 2026 CT
A “routine” sewer sweep outside Nexus-9. Swarm brood. Cranked difficulty. Generators, plugged vents, and a quiet that makes your ears ring. First blood comes easy. Then the vents open. Kai goes down. The crew screams. Voss turns into vengeance with a cyber-eye flickering red. They clear the nest—but Rax “Wrench” Thal does not walk out. An empty bunk on the Vanguard. The Fringe just got personal.
Episode Seven – Ebon Veil Bloodbath
February 16, 2026 CT
No time to mourn. Voss buys a scorched assault frame for ten credits and names her Korra—rattlegun mounted, visor slits glowing, attitude included. Biomorphix pays top dollar to clear Vita Synth’s Ebon Veil black-site and secure Specimen Zero. Frakk grenades, needle fire, and Korra’s first “meatbags” massacre. The crate hums in the hold. Persistent patron locked. One more fight before the Veil lets go.
Episode Eight – Hard Target
February 20, 2026 CT
The loading hangar becomes a killbox. A nameless shadow contract: Voidstalker salvage never leaves the asteroid alive. Armored ATV. Shatter axes. Shell guns. Fog from a ruptured life-support relay. Voss walks into the whiteout and finishes it. Specimen Zero stays buried—for now. Then an old friend from Valtor-7 whispers: someone plans to wake what’s in the crate. Elyria waits.
Episode Nine – Mech Graveyard
March 8, 2026 CT
Deep in Lumara Verge’s glowing canopy, a dead Unity heavy mech holds Vita Synth manifests. Iron Veil Recovery is inbound with a corporate spook. Hex drops the spook. Korra and Voss paste officers. Danger pay hits hard. Vesperon Arms puts a bounty on the Scoundrels. Two fresh quest rumors burn holes in their pockets. Marek’s copy of Specimen Zero is still out there—and the jungle is not done with them.
Episode Ten – Black Market Cache
April 15, 2026 CT
The Root Market’s black heart. Mega-trees, neon, and elite K’Erin outlaws fighting for clan honor over the same Vita Synth cache. Hex drops their Fearless Captain. Jax and Kai find the kill-code in a massage parlor’s false panel. Elias goes down on a rooftop—and gets back up. K’Erin rivalry settles. The code is theirs. Next stop: end this.
Episode Eleven – Kill Code
September 11, 2026 CT
Ashline Tech Belt on Nexus Prime. Blood Storm Mercs and a cyborg hired to guard a rented gene-vault cradle. Jax slides the kill-code home while Hex’s ripper sword takes a chrome arm and Korra reallocates systems face-down on the ferrocrete. Quest done. Specimen Zero’s copy dies screaming in machine language. New rival: Red Helix Combine. Load it. End it. Go home.
Current Status
The Starfire Scoundrels stand on the far side of the Vita Synth nightmare. Specimen Zero’s original sits buried behind Biomorphix paperwork; the duplicate’s handshake is burned out under Ashline. Rax’s bunk is still empty. Korra’s visor slits still glow. Vesperon Arms and Red Helix both have their names on the board. Credits in the hold. Scars on the crew. The Starlight Vanguard’s ramp is still warm. Wherever the next rumor points, Captain Aria “Starfire” Voss and her Scoundrels will be there—loud, lucky, and hard to kill.
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