Shrike & Beebs are forced to take a break during their current mission.

Beebs doubts whether he and Shrike are cut out for the Merc life.

Monkey Wrench mercenaries Shrike and "Beebs" are hired by a supposed L.A.W. Science Division leader "Agness" to rescue an endangered species, the Lythops, only to find out that Agness was using them for their combined benefits.

Interstellar merc group "Monkey Wrench" (aka Shrike and BB) are hired to escort a paranoid client to a space docking station, only to discover he has a multi-million pixel bounty on his head other merc groups are keen on collecting.