It was apparent that something was wrong the moment that Avery's team breached the doors of the room where the pirate leaders were holed up.
Dozens of laser blasts came flying their way as expected. That was not the issue.
The problem was the haggard looking people that had been lined up in front of the pirate leaders and their guards.
Pirates were well known for kidnapping the people on the ships they captured.
Slavery may have been illegal throughout the entirety of the Dramid Alliance, but that could not fully stop the horrid practice.
While pirates dipped their hands into all manner of enterprises, the three main ones that kept them in business were providing illegal goods and services, selling stolen merchandise for cheap to merchants that had made deals with them, and acquiring slaves for debauched bastards.
