Empires in the Sky — Stuart Hill

In the late twenty-first century, a terrorist attack destroyed Cosmopolis space station. Fast forward a couple of centuries and through a combination of luck, science and circumstance, Breaker Jackson, who was on board, is still around. Now something of a renegade, pirate, and living legend he and his crew take a little time off in the middle of their latest heist to help the military defend an attack from alien bugs.The crew of the USS Jakarta are despatched to locate and bring in Jackson to help fight off more of the bugs in what looks like turning into the biggest offensive of all time.It'll be a long trip to get to where he's holding up, leaving plenty of time for the crew of the Jakarta to get to know each other a bit too well, flout a few regulations, fraternise every chance they can, get in and out of a few scrapes, and learn a few lessons about trust and bravery.