Rimworld- The Rift - Paperback

Danny Ortega was a failure. He couldn't tolerate the implant to be a starship captain...But Danny Ortega has run his deep space research vessel Ghost alone for years, flaky AI and all, mapping the most unstable and unexplored regions of the Rift for the Cartographers Guild. When his latest mission lands in a mass graveyard of ships, including some ships out of legend, lost for hundreds of years, the guild isn't happy with him. He picks up a misfit crew out of the asteroids and the games begin Turns out he'll need them not just for research and salvage, but to help him keep his ship As word gets out that he has artifacts and is returning remains, Danny finds he's gone from chasing a prize to becoming one himself... Unfortunately for his enemies, Danny didn't get his own ship by being an easy target or giving up. His odd connections and crew have plenty of surprises up their sleeves, too