Story
Sword of Wind begins three years after the events of the
Galactic Leyline, the year is Toward Star 160. Melfina has gone off to college to pursue an education, but, Gene Starwind (now 23 years old) and
Jim Hawking (14 years old) are still struggling to repay and work off the debts they've accumulated since acquiring the
Outlaw Star. Their arguments with each other have become such that the two no longer see eye-to-eye and go their separate ways.
[1]
Meanwhile, Fred Luo travels to the Oracion System to meet with the Links Group, a major corporation that provides free protection for Frontier colonies from
space pirates. However, his meeting does not go as planned, Fred does not meet their expectations (they make presumptions based on his sexuality
[2]). During the trip back from Oracion, the transport ship Fred is on is attacked.
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When Gene learns of the accident watching a news report on television, he abandons his present priorities to investigate and find out what happened to Fred. During his travels, Gene meets Dr. Sputink (34 years old), a space engineer from Pitor, who builds him a ship dubbed
Sword of Wind. Dr. Sputnik helps Jim open his own business and Jim becomes romantically involved with a young woman named Diva (14 years old).