SPACE ODDITY SCRIPTS: Book Ten - PROVING GROUND

MacManus wants command of the first true starship, a craft that will leave the familiar spaceways behind and go “out there!” Instead he gets stuck in command of the Transport STARBENDER. And while his recent actions have whipped up a hornets nest in the form of an attacking Vircon Armada, and Star Command scrambles to deal with this new threat, they want nothing more from Starbender than to have it return to its normal duties, but MacManus knows this enemy, and using all his available resources he turns his simple Ferry craft into one of the most powerful warships in the fleet. But while his methods and the MacManus Doctrine hold the key to victory, Command is more interested in ending the conflict peacefully. Not that it matters, even as one crisis abates the threat of Space Pirates loom large on the horizon, and as always MacManus seems on a collision course for that one too. By the end of these 7 episodes our characters will have shown they’re capable of so much more, and that’s always dangerous…