Location: In the corona of Valhalla
Date: 199.12.22

Captain Clawfoot, after a long string of bad luck, was left crewless. One anonymous tip-off later, he found himself in the helm of a stolen prototype phase frigate with a six-digit Tri-Tachyon bounty on his head. Using the cover of the local star's magnetic envelope, he slipped past his corporate pursuers.

Unable to accept such a breach of policy, CEO Sun personally chartered "The Protectors", a notorious mercenary company, to track Clawfoot down. The Protectors, who happened to be in the Valhalla system, pinpointed the deranged captain in a debris field within the star's corona. Wary of a costly solar battle, they attempted to reason with their cornered prey, offering terms of surrender.

Clawfoot, now terminally irradiated, decided to go out with a bang.