Space Viking

After a galaxy-wide war had left the planetary federation in ruins, every surviving civilized world was on its own. And that was a perfect setup for the marauders from the far-out rim. Trask was one of these dreaded Space Vikings, a renegade spaceman with a crew and a ship that struck terror to a thousand worlds. But Trask had a personal interest in scourging the stars: he wanted to draw upon himself the ire of a certain enemy, another planet-wrecker with a yen for galactic empire building.