Category:Sleight of Hand: Open Source Story

"Sleight of Hand",an open source story developed for the Timelines Series Wiki.

Set in Space Unit 61, part of the Main Oxenian Timelines. The crew of the star ship, Sleight of Hand, roam the galactic cluster, Jamala, repossessing spaceships from owners who failed to pay. The 300 member crew contains a mix of second order species including avian, reptile, humanoid, insectoid, marsupial, cyborgs, AI, aquatics, amphibians, etc. This wide variety allows at least one member to blend in on most any world.

The crew cons, spies, sneak, and fight their way in and get the goods, because they only make money when they return a ship to the lien holder. The entire crew live aboard the Sleight of Hand which is a 2000 meter long ship with 16 decks. The ship was formerly a warship in the Gortylan fleet, but Dractile acquired it upon its decommission.

Captain Dractile,a cyborg insectoid, used his part of his family fortune made in their vast mining enterprises to obtain the ship. Dractile hated the executive lifestyle and favored a life of adventure. He invested everything in his ship and crew. However, his chosen occupation is full of risk as well as profit, and most stories emphasize this along with the tensions within the crew.