Scoundrel's Run Challenge Ep 18: Pirate School & a Captured Phoenix

Redemption episode! After last time's boarding disaster, we finally pull it off: the marines storm a Plunderer Phoenix E and this time the destroyer is ours. We refit our new capital ship at Argon Prime and suddenly the scoundrel fleet is looking dangerous. The episode opens with a shady beacon that turns out to be somebody's loan-shark scheme, complete with threats, and rolls straight into a proper pirate education. We report back to Maestro, get taught how to rob a trader mid-flight (cargo dropped, no witnesses... mostly), and even hack a microchip factory's storage system for the Station Swindle. Two more black market contacts open up along the way. Between heists we keep the empire humming: more space fuel modules for Heretic's End, Xenon wrecks raining free loot, and a mysterious 2 million credit payment from the Argon shipyard that we're not going to question too hard. If you make it to the end, drop a comment and let me know what you think of the series and the challenge rules so far! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro — chasing a mystery beacon 1:22 The beacon is a loan-shark scheme 3:32 Sending the Hyperion after a Plunderer 7:34 The most obnoxious sales pitch in space 19:00 Boarding the Phoenix — it works this time! 20:35 Pirate life begins 23:05 Opening a new black market 33:56 Learning to rob a trader 37:50 Refitting our captured Phoenix at Argon Prime 53:03 Hacking the microchip factory