Alpha Red

After the Anaconda 09684 is destroyed during its approach to the Venus 1 space station, it becomes apparent the ship was a duplicate of the original. Even more intriguing, the ship’s metal was of an unknown type, leading Commodore Darryl Holmgren to believe that man was on the verge of his greatest discovery. To uncover the truth, a fact-finding mission must explore Alpha Red, a sector of space known for smuggling and piracy. Knowing that a military mission would be quickly exposed, Darryl must turn to the one man who knows the sector well enough to succeed: a retired pirate living on Earth.