Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! (Light Novel) (2025)

A sci-fi isekai adventure full of ray guns and girls! Sato Takahiro was an ordinary office worker and hobbyist gamer until the day he woke up on a spaceship-one that strangely resembled a craft from a favorite space-shooter game. With a decked-out ship, a crew full of babes, and a fantastic universe to explore, he's going to make the most of his good luck and create the life he's always dreamed of!

Sato Takahiro was an ordinary office worker and hobbyist gamer until the day he woke up on a spaceship, one that strangely resembled a craft from a favorite space-shooter game. With a decked-out ship, a crew full of babes, and a fantastic universe to explore, he's going to make the most of his good luck and create the life he's always dreamed of!

"The rescue of a noble girl gets Hiro and his crew in more trouble than they bargained for. The heat is on and their enemies are closing in, so Hiro decides to take a vacation? There's no better place to lie low than a high-class resort in a tropical paradise!"

A sci-fi isekai adventure full of ray guns and girls! Sato Takahiro was an ordinary office worker and hobbyist gamer until the day he woke up on a spaceship, one that strangely resembled a craft from a favorite space-shooter game. With a decked-out ship, a crew full of babes, and a fantastic universe to explore, he's going to make the most of his good luck and create the life he's always dreamed of!

Hiro and crew head to a planet of dwarves on the hunt for a new carrier ship and a chance to stuff themselves with okonomiyaki and takoyaki, only to find a pair of bombshell twin mechanics! They may look alike, but these girls' personalities are like fire and ice. If the twins join the crew, will Hiro's ship ever know peace again?

When Satou Takahiro is swept away from his ordinary life into the world of his favorite video game, a universe of space battles, interstellar colonies, and danger in the vastness of outer space awaits. Soon, he's living as "Hiro" the mercenary, with a tricked-out spaceship and a babe on each arm! There are space pirates to fight, girls to rescue, and trouble to get into (and hopefully out of). Hiro is going to live his new life to the fullest!

PRINCESS PROBLEMSAfter their showstopping defeat of the crystal life-forms, Hiro and the gang head to the imperial capital for Hiro’s award ceremony. No shortage of trouble awaits them in the heart of the empire, from Elma’s overly affectionate brother crashing the party, to a reunion with Chris, to the emperor liking Hiro a little too much. Just when the crew thinks they’ve seen it all, they learn that the imperial princess…is the spitting image of Mimi?!

KNIGHT IN SHINING POWER ARMORHiro and crew take a request to guard colonists transporting valuable terraforming materials to a brand-new system under the oversight of Chris herself. And with their new military battle bots aboard, the gang’s ready for anything—or so they think. Meanwhile, Hiro’s Gold Star has made him a target of the galactic paparazzi. Under the eye of the camera, Hiro and the girls undertake their most dangerous mission yet: defense of an entire planet!

JUST LIKE MAGICHiro and the gang get dragged into rescuing the daughters of an elf patriarch and receive a warm welcome from the elven home planet. The elves here are nothing like Hiro imagined—they know nothing of modern science and rely on magic rather than technology. As Hiro and the girls sample local delicacies, enjoy the sights, and get a crash course in elven fashion, they find that Hiro seems to wield a power much like the elves’ magic…

With the Seed of the Sacred Tree and Princess Tinia aboard, Hiro and crew join the battle against Red Flag, the pirate gang that attacked the elves' home planet. Just as the battle is looking hopeless, the Krishna activates a mysterious new barrier-one that seems to have something to do with the Sacred Tree. Meanwhile, Hiro snags the interest of Mary, a buxom mercenary with shady ties. How is Hiro going to shake this gorgeous new troublemaker?

WILL HIRO BE PSIONICALLY OUTFOXED?!Shopping in the Empire’s biggest shipbuilding star system, Hiro's offered a bargain on an intriguingly uncanny vessel! Then he crosses paths with Kugi—a devout fox shrine maiden hailing from a mysterious sect. She can speak to him telepathically and volunteers to teach him to use his powers. Hiro signs on, but he's about to be put through his psionic paces!

A SAMURAI TANUKI?!When swordswoman Konoha joins Serena’s edge-world investigation, Hiro’s gobsmacked by her combat chops. Supposedly, Konoha’s here to investigate a metal spider with psionic abilities—and check up on Kugi!Hiro reunites with Dr. Shouko from the research team and finally heads toward his target star system, only to be interrupted by a telepathic message from a mysterious pyramid. No one else picked the message up, so Hiro’s got to plunge in with both feet!

A (RE)BORN HIGH ROLLER!All other business aboard the Black Lotus gets put on the back burner when Hiro is enlisted to ward off an alien monster. This creature could pulverize a planet—it measures a full five hundred kilometers across! Can the Black Lotus hold its own against its gargantuan foe? Is a deep-space David and Goliath moment in the cards?!Speaking of cards… Hiro heads to a casino to gain an edge against a band of unfamiliar space pirates. Blending into their glitzy surroundings requires his loyal crewmates to dig up bunny-girl outfits! But one of Hiro’s newly costumed companions turns out to have ties to the very space pirates pestering him. Can Hiro scrape by after being dealt such a bad hand?!

A HAZARDOUS HOMECOMING…A mysterious disease has broken out in Tina’s onetime home colony—and the dilapidated orphanage where Tina herself grew up has been ransacked for medicine, food, and water. Hiro and his crew might be able to ward off the infection with formfitting protective suits, but can they offer any help to the residents of the colony?It seems possible that clues found in the orphanage may actually allow Dr. Shouko to develop a treatment for the infection. But what else Hiro and his crew can achieve may come down to Hiro’s personal meeting with colony governor Hartmut…

A PARTY TURNS PERILOUS…The emperor sends Hiro and his crew to the Empire's border with the Belbellum Federation. There, Hiro quickly discovers how tough it is to get along with Count Ixamal, the local imperial authority. That’s not the only unpleasant surprise: Before long, Hiro attempts to destroy some space pirates who turn out to have equipment way more powerful than he counted on!Even attending a party isn’t safe under these circumstances, as Hiro learns when he and Serena are kidnapped from one of the count’s soirees. Hiro’s not exactly unarmed, given his psionic powers, but he’s nowhere near mastering said powers yet… Will he really be able to free Serena and himself?!