Starshatter

Anit'za again was amazed how a single glass of fine wine could make a man dream - freedom could be his, for the taking. The dreary and boring life of a nobleman, at least on his home planet, was predetermined from birth. You grow up sucking up to your relatives and parents; then you are chased, or chase after, some noblewoman - marry, and have children. Repeat. Tragic. Long gone were the days of high adventure, when his race were princes of the stars! The sly noble suddenly realized that it need not be so, for him at least! His siblings could continue the deadly dance of House politics without him. Anit'za wanted to travel the Galaxy and live the life of a free man. His best choice was the Terran Empire - a newly-formed power, beset on all sides by any kind of sods imaginable. Humans had uplifted plenty of new and unique client races, and themselves were interesting, beyond anything that he could ever imagine. After the third glass, Anit'za began dreaming of captaining his own spaceship and bravely sailing among the stars...