Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! Novel Volume 8 was written by Ryuto with illustrations by Tetsuhiro Nabeshima.

Hiro 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!