When Tera first arrived at Theeve Orbital Habitat with Yirfa as her prisoner, she went through the immigration checkpoint where an officer scanned both her and Yirfa. The officer recognized Yirfa's bounty and directed Tera to the Mercenary Guild to register and turn in the bounty. Tera was surprised to find she already had an identity in the system despite being from another universe. She then met Amber at the Guild, who was in the middle of confronting three Silver rank Mercs who had tried to steal credit for her work.

The black market in Theeve Orbital Habitat is a place where illegal goods and services can be bought and sold, including rare and illegal mods like Yirfa's holoprojector eye implants. Tera learned about it from Yirfa herself — after threatening to vent the air from Yirfa's room, Tera got her to provide a referral to the black market. The black market requires a recommendation to access and sells items that cannot be obtained through legal channels.
Theeve Orbital Habitat is a large orbital station that functions like a floating city with a population of millions. It has immigration checkpoints, streets with buildings, vehicles, a simulated sky, and a Mercenary Guild. It also has an Archive (where knowledge can be implanted into your brain), a Trader Union (for buying and selling ships), a black market, a gene clinic, and various shops and restaurants. It was Tera's first major destination after leaving the mining station.
Tera first defeated four pirate ships in a space dogfight when they came to extort the mining station. She then volunteered to destroy the pirate base located in the asteroid field around the fourth planet. She infiltrated the base by disguising her ship as debris, destroyed the guard ships, boarded the base, killed the remaining pirates, overloaded the generator to blow up the base, and barely escaped the explosion.
Tera first defeated four pirate ships in a space dogfight when they came to extort the mining station. She then volunteered to destroy the pirate base located in the asteroid field around the fourth planet. She infiltrated the base by disguising her ship as debris, destroyed the guard ships, boarded the base, killed the remaining pirates, overloaded the generator to blow up the base, and barely escaped the explosion.
In the Cietai system, a pirate group had a battlecruiser (a very large warship) that was terrorizing the area. Tera and Amber devised a plan where Tera would distract the pirates by pretending to negotiate while Amber boarded the battlecruiser. The plan worked — Tera got 'blasted' (as she warned would happen) but survived, and Amber boarded the ship. They fought through the battlecruiser, dealt with the Pirate Lord inside, and looted the ship before it was destroyed by a trapped loot container that exploded.
Tera and Amber traveled to the Cietai system as part of an escort mission. The system had a Trading Hub station and was known for being dangerous — within their first day, they witnessed a smuggler being beaten up and two people shot dead over an insult. They encountered pirates, including a pirate group with a battlecruiser. They also discovered information about a lead on Tera's memory card (related to finding Earth's coordinates) and visited the Cietai black market.
Tera and Amber traveled to the Cietai system as part of an escort mission. The system had a Trading Hub station and was known for being dangerous — within their first day, they witnessed a smuggler being beaten up and two people shot dead over an insult. They encountered pirates, including a pirate group with a battlecruiser. They also discovered information about a lead on Tera's memory card (related to finding Earth's coordinates) and visited the Cietai black market.
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Tera and Amber took a search and rescue hustle that involved rescuing someone from a warehouse controlled by a gang. The mission became complicated when they discovered other Mercs were also working in the area, competing for the same reward. The situation escalated when they found the target in the warehouse basement and had to fight their way out against both the gang members and the competing Mercs who tried to steal the reward. They successfully completed the mission despite the complications.
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