Jade is determined to die. She is old, and useless, when she points her tiny subspace craft at the cold stars. She wakes up in the care of others who refuse to grant her death, and instead give her a new mission in life. Jade isn't happy, and she only gets angrier when she learns that her mysterious new home hides a horrible secret. It's time for this old lady to kick butt and take names. Aliens, death, destruction... nothing trumps the fierce old woman who is protecting her family. A Tanager Novella