Fighting Like Dogs

We are flying through space with a few tie fighters on our tail. I take control of the ship and order Lance to get into one of the gunner seats. The tie Fighters start taking shots at us, so I start doing some evasive maneuvers. Midroll, a figure comes crashing out of a side panel of the ship. Oren, the not actually dead Quarren, looks at us bewildered by what is happening. We don’t know how or why he was in there, but there is no time for him to explain. We order him to the second gunner seat.

The tie fighters don’t stand a chance. MRDR slices one of the fighter’s shields, powering them down to almost nothing. They vie for a better position, but I deftly outmaneuver them, giving Lance and Oren the perfect shots. They take the shots, and the Tie Fighters become a pair of fiery explosions.

And for the first time today, it’s quiet. We take a second to gather our thoughts. Given the choice, I would pick anyone else to be my crew, but it seems the force has intertwined our lives together. I’m not sure where we are going next, but it seems we are going together. I fire up the hyperdrive and prepare the jump.

“Buckle up,” I tell the crew. Lance Slaughterbot, MRDR, and Oren the Quarren all “take a seat in the cockpit. I start the jump sequence to an outer rim planet “with a bit of hesitation. I feel almost sad like I’m finishing a chapter of my “life. Then I remember I was in a dungeon yesterday and quickly hit the jump “button.

Nothing happens.

“Oren, did you install the new Hypermatter Reactor?” I ask. “Uh, no. I should “probably do that, right?” he replies. Literally anyone else to be my crew.