Hakugei: Legend of Moby Dick

 Synopsis:

In the year 4699 the human race has colonized the stars, but also created a lot of space junk in the process. In the Nantucket Nebula, Young Lucky Luck seeks out the famous Captain Ahab to join his team of crack whale

hunters. (“Whale” in this case referring to derelict space ships and “whale hunter” referring to the independent salvage teams which recover and scavenge from them.) Though Lucky is ultimately successful, an ulterior motive is afoot: Captain Ahab and his ship Lady Whisker are desperately needed by the citizens of planet

Moad, whose rebellion against the all-powerful Federation has led to the deployment of the Federation's newest and most powerful warship: the white whale-shaped ship known as Moby Dick. But Ahab himself has a past with that ship, one that he'd rather forget but cannot.

Meanwhile, the android Dew has been taken from his original survey assignment and altered in some unknown way by what might be Moby Dick itself. Picked up by Ahab's crew as part of a salvage operation, he becomes their newest crew member. But his purpose remains unclear, even to himself.