The idea came from writing down the words "space pirate" and then watching a horror movie with pentagrams. Space pirate + pentagrams = the Astrologer’s Lament
The story is that a space pirate finds a ship capable of shifting entire solar systems. Captain Kaplan uses the ship to move planets into the habitable rings around their solar system’s stars and makes a hefty profit while he’s at it. However, the ship’s actual purpose is to create an astrological phenomenon involving the radiation of seven distant stars and an alien invasion fleet waiting to take over our galaxy. Now, Captain Kaplan must find a way to stop the inter-dimensional rift from opening as well as continue to make money and maybe not start a galactic war while he’s at it.