Fantastic. Interesting (and unexpected) character developments come in very awesome surprise packages. Especially when you are totally over the "hunky man meat" intro - that you should almost definitely hit the snooze button through - so you can get back to reading about the finer things in life; like a kick ass bounty hunter foe turned bestie, the Heroine's cocksure Top Gun vibe, and a dollop of real world building. A great rockin space opera.