>>9511537The Aquasharks have gone through a lot since their original conflict with the Aquanauts. The latter went through a number of ownership changes and rebrandings, steadily shedding scruples with each one until the Aquasharks' ancestral waters became heavily polluted and strip-mined, forcing the Sharks into a semi-nomadic existence. Embittered by their experience they adapted their submarines for space travel, establishing secret enclaves on promising ocean worlds.
Throughout the original conflict that ruined their home, mass media ceaselessly portrayed them as nothing more than pirates and ruffians; what was propaganda at the time has become self-fulfilling prophecy. No longer content to defend their new territories, they have constructed raiders such as this one to seek vengeance against those soulless mining corporations (as well as any plunder to be had). The next great chapter of the Aquazone Wars is only just getting started...
