Star Nomad - Lindsay Buroker

Star Nomad is the first novel in the Fallen Empire series. Buroker has branched out from fantasy to science fiction, and it's glorious.

Captain Alisa Marchenko was a fighter pilot for the Alliance. The war is over and the Alliance won, but Alisa and her engineer Mica have been stranded on the dead-end planet Dustor for five months. Alisa's daughter is on Perun and that's where she needs to be. She and Mica are planning to salvage the Star Nomad and escape this dust ball. Alisa grew up on the Nomad. It was her Mother's freighter. But there are complications. An Imperial cyborg for one. The White Dragon mafia for another. And then there are the pirates. It's going to be quite an adventure. Very highly recommended.