...And Into The Fire (Senator's Personal Log 14)
22 Dec 2024Eric Vonsa
12/13/331009:45 Universal Galactic Time
Location: Stella Viator, Sol System
Aurora's POV
I took the copilot seat on the bridge as the Stella Viator was brought back under control. "I'm going to try and out run these bugs." Vallarta Stenaw, the pilot said as she pushed the throttle to its stops. "Watch the FSD. If that goes down I'll have to try to fight these things." She added. "Three Interceptors, with a ship full of refugees?" "Well, Senator. I would rather not but if it happens then I don't really have a choice, unless you fancy ending up in a pod attached to the titan where you may or may not be rescued." She snapped stressing my title. "I wasn't saying that you shouldn't. Just asking if you could. Jeez." The space around the ship exploded with interceptor cannon fire. The Clipper boosted away from the interceptors as the FSD cool down ticked by agonizingly slow. The whole time the ship was taking damage. The second the cool down ended Vallarta Stenaw jabbed the button. The FSD began to charge, then malfunctioned. "Missile incoming." The COVAS announced. Vallarta Stenaw boosted again as it then announced. "Frame shift anomaly detected." The space lit up with more interceptor cannon fire as 3 more interceptors emerged into the fray. I spotted the button to open the cargo bay airlock and I pressed it. As the hatch opened and the man who tried to shoot me on the station was ejected Vallarta Stenaw yelled as she keyed the command to close the hatch. "What the hell? What did you do that for?" "They want people? I gave them a piece of trash that no one is going to miss. And I just got justice at the same time." I responded as the Clipper shook from another blow.
"FSD offline." The COVAS announced. I checked the module integrity and saw it was at zero. "We have a problem. We have no FSD." I announced as the hull integrity reached 50 percent. "Great. I'm going to have to fight them." Vallarta Stenaw grumbled as she deployed her hardpoints. Then it happened. "Capital Class Signature Detected." The glitching COVAS announced as a huge portal opened. From it emerged a Majestic Class Interdictor. The communication channel lit up with activity. "Stella Viator. This is Commodore Thorne of the I.N.V. Stellar Dragon. Make for Embassy Dock 1. We'll offload the Senator and make what repairs to your ship we can. Then get you out of this system. O7 Cmdr." Fighters and other ships assigned to the I.N.V. Stellar Dragon launched and began to engage the Thargoid Interceptors. "I'm not complaining about the help but how did they find us? And how do they know your aboard?" Vallarta Stenaw asked as she retracted her hardpoints and boosted towards the Stellar Dragon. "That piece of Human Trash I ejected was wearing a Remlok." I answered as the Clipper approached. I then entered some numbers into my console authorizing a transfer of six billion credits to the Stella Viator as we docked.