Agent of Vega is a term used for operatives of the DGZ.
That acronym is mine and stands for the Department of Galactic Zones.
Obviously by the use of the word 'galatic', these adventures take place in outer space - well, some of the action is onboard spacecraft plying the void between star systems far out in space and happening way in the future. The 'setting' is the quite impressive Vegan Confederacy, a collection of eighteen thousand or so affiliated civilizations spread around a big chunk of the galaxy. Most of these star systems are human-based but enough are of different races, albeit most of them humanoid, to make things more interesting. Many in the Confederacy are eager to welcome these non-humans into the collection but there are some who are less than thrilled - and some downright hostile to it.
Performing security services on behalf all the worlds in the Confederacy is the DGZ, run ostensibly by a man holding the rank of Third Co-Ordinator of the Vegan Confederacy; no idea how that ranks in the hierarchy but he definitely wields considerable authority. The operatives working under his command are known as Zone Agents and from the sound of it, there are a good number of them to call upon. Each planetary system seems to have its own local Zone Agent and there are a good number of floating operatives who flit from one trouble spot to another. The over-all purpose of the DGZ was keep these thousands of civilization "out of as much dangerous trouble as it could, while nudging them unobtrusively, whenever the occasion was offered, just a little farther into the path of righteousness and order".
Interesting is the comment that follows that tidbit of information: "It was slow, dangerous, carefully unspectacular work, since it violated, in fact and in spirit, every galactic treaty of nonintervention the Confederacy had ever signed."
There are a good number of problem areas that the Zone Agents must deal with, each with some very nasty types who pose problems that need resolving. The variety is pretty good from individual world tyrants to space pirates reeking havoc on trade and transportation to other empires wanting to eat away at the edges of the Confederacy to some pretty nasty alien creatures (parasite, yeech!) who ... I don't want to talk about it!
The adventures of these Zone Agents are not of one lone operative despite the title indicating a single operative but of several; there is a connection between them all besides working for the same organization, and I will explain that thread after I talk about those agents.
The first Zone Agent we follow into action is Iliff, one of the Department's most experienced and effective operatives. He is "a small wiry man with rather cold yellow eyes" and would more likely perceived to be "a minor criminal or the skipper of an aging space-tramp". Do not let his unimpressive appearance mislead you, though, as it does some of his targets; Iliff gets the job done and has been doing so for a good number of years.
Next up is Pagadan, a member of the non-human race called the Lannai, described as "high type humanoids" (no clue) and the first of those alien people to join the Confederacy. While definitely not human, she is definitely a beautiful female humanoid, quite exotic with "huge silvery eyes with their squared black irises" and with hair "a silver-shimmering fluffy crest of something like feathers". She is a Zone Agent in training when we first meet her but will approved for solo duty and given her own adventure.
Zamman 'Zamm' Tarradang-Pok is a female member of the Daya-Bal, humans who inhabited a system way off the beaten path such that they have their own form of mutation to get a sort of pixie-ish look. Zamm did not plan on becoming a Zone Agent. She and her husband and son were on a luxury space liner when it was attacked by pirates and her family was taken as prisoners. She joined the DGZ to have a chance to search for them and in the process has become renown for her anti-pirate skills.
And finally there is Elisa 'Grandma' Wannatell, from the planet Noorhut. 'Grandma' is called that by most of those she meets because she is a Local Agent, committed to that one planet. She travels around the planet in a beast-drawn wagon selling medicinal herbs and liquids and keeping an eye on things as she does. This elderly woman has a few tricks to call on. Her wagon is really her spacecraft and the beast is a whole lot more than just a beast.
Now to the slim thread connects them. Iliff's recorded mission will be partner him temporarily with the in-training Pagadan. Pagadan and 'Grandma' will play small but interesting parts in the adventure headlined by Zamman. And Pagadan will have her own adventure to wrap things up.