The Ultimate Vampire Resource and Directory

The time is the mid 21st century, A deep-space freighter with a belly full of mysterious cargo is ambushed and boarded somewhere beyond the bounds of civilization. The pirates take the cargo and its guardian, a high-level diplomat, and scuttle back into the recesses of the desolate sector. Space marines, on alert and mission-ready, receive a call to action rescue the hostage and retrieve the cargo, a stockpile of nuclear explosives large enough to bring the universe to its knees.