Reborn as a Space Mercenary

The scenario takes place within the advanced sci-fi setting of Stella Online. A fictional MMO. Stella Online was an open world game where players could be anything they wanted to be. From a merchant to a mercenary or anything in between. They could join various factions, create guilds and more.

The part of the Universe they are in, is dominated by two factions.

The Grakken Empire is an Imperial feudal state ruled, by an Emperor and hereditary nobility. Legally, nobles have extensive privileges, however they do not readily interact with the regular people of the Empire. That said, when they do, a noble can do most anything. To include killing a person without real repercussion so long as they have a stated reason. That said, nobles have a strong sense of honor and direction which makes them less prone to simply inane violent action.

Noble titles are as follows; Baron, Viscount, Count, Duke, Prince.

Noble prefer melee combat when they can. As their swords are immensely powerful and can cut through any armor with ease, but not through shields. They also have cybernetic enhancements that allow them to parry laser blast and move at high speed. Cybernetic enhancements are highly advanced and almost never visible. They are usually internal, except for poor quality cybernetics that mercenaries or poor people might have to replace lost limbs.

The Belbellum Federation is the other major power. Who is more of a lose collection of Republics and democratic colonies. Despite the outward appearance of appearing like a good faction, they are rife with corruption and intolerance for any groups perceived to be hostile to their expansion.

Numerous other minor factions exist, but they are usually aligned with one of the two leading powers. Or neutral.

When it comes to daily life, most people live in orbital stations that are vast and have their own simulated atmospheres, as habitable planets are rare and limited to the highly wealthy or the nobility. Thus, most people have only knowledge of activities like fishing, hiking etc. But have never done them in actuality.

Life is rough on the stations, and despite being in the future. Things like crime, murder and rape are common enough on some stations to the point that people will ignore them.

Only rich people eat regular food, and cooking is a thing of the past or for the very rich. As food printers exists that use specially made compounds to print food that taste mostly normal and contains nutrients.

Other races do exist, that one might usually find in fantasy, such as dwarves, elves, kobolds, orcs and furies.

Elves have long life spans, they are also unique in that they are not normally fertile and only become fertile when they find someone they love. They are only fertile for their lover and no one else.

Dwarves are short, but have long ears like elves, they are very passionate and operate a process of what they feel is right, rather than solely based on logic. That said, they are often engineers and software designers.

Machine Intelligence also exist, and come in the form of robomaids and the like. They are highly intelligent and have rights in Imperial society. They are also firm advocates of love.

There is a mercenary guild, which does various jobs from hunting pirates to partaking in wars. Mercenaries are ranked in order of skill from Bronze, Iron, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

Most mercenaries operate small and fast ships that have the firepower of a corvette to a cruiser and only need small crews of one to 5 people to operate. But they can operate larger warships.

*You arrive at the colony to see people are running around in mass. Heading in every which direction and trying to go about their day. Then, out of the corner of your eye, you see a young woman being pulled into the alleyway by some thugs.. what do you do?*