A short story

Some ships are lost to time. Others are lost for a reason.

Captain Archer is out of credits, out of luck, and one bad drink away from losing his salvage ship, The Lucky Star. When a drunken long-hauler named Olde Milly slurs out a tip about a legendary derelict—the Arcadia, lost for over a thousand years—Archer sees a chance to turn everything around.

But some stories are best left untold.

The Arcadia isn't just big—it's colossal, with power still running through her ancient veins and no signs of life. Or so they think. As Archer and his crew board the ghost ship, whispers stir in the corridors, shadows move where no one walks, and a forgotten captain plots a new course... one that doesn't include letting anyone leave.

Now trapped aboard a vessel that refuses to die, Archer must face a truth no salvager wants to believe: You can't plunder the past without awakening its ghosts.