Break into the ship, kill everyone.
Take all their stuff.
Head to a freeport and sell everything.
Spend it all then start over next time.
It’s easy.
Much easier than actual mining for sure.
One of the minions checks their gear nervously and glances at Captain Skrul.
This was their first time in action with this crew and they wanted to make a good impression.
Don’t mess it up.
Skrul hit the airlock button to close the inner seal and suck out all the air before opening the exterior door.
Just as he hit the button for the inner door, the outer door began opening quickly.
He instantly checked if he had opened the wrong door somehow but quickly realized that shouldn’t be possible.
Without high level override that would be impossible.
But it was happening.
And before they could do anything they were sucked forward with huge force.
The two minions were closer to the outer door and were sucked right up to it and slammed into the bulkhead, bending them in half from the force of the outward blast trying to escape the partially opened door.
As the door opened more their bodies were shot out under great force, along with the captain.
Shooting across the skybridge, the airflow escaped from the gap between Bessie and the skybridge but the folded minions slammed into bessies airlock.
A shudder swept through the entire ship.
Bet that hurt.
Skrul landed a moment later on top of his subordinates.
Adding further insult to their injuries.
While they might be really hurt, Skrull looks just slightly shaken.
Shit.
We gotta shake him off.
‘Exie, spin the ship.
Hurry up we gotta fling his ass outta here before he can damage the ship’ I jump into the captain seat and strap in just in time as the ship starts to spin.
The two minions get flung into space.
See ya.
But the boss grabbed a handhold and besides looking like a ragdoll, he’s holding on fine.
His space suit looks better than most and its most likely powered, so he can hold on till his batteries die.
Inside the bridge of the enemy ship the last crew man is frantically trying to regain control of the ship and support his captain.
Unfortunately for him, nothing he did helped at all.
“What’s going on?
Why is this happening?” He’s practically pulling his hair out.
“This was supposed to be a standard smash and grab and now we’ve lost half the crew, the captain is flying like a pinata and I can’t regain control.
Wth” his hands in the air in frustration.
How can this be happening?!?
Suddenly his comms crackled and he heard what sounded like the other captain on the radio.
“Exie 2 light the guy up with the lasers” The remaining crewmember, Rolf, kept hitting buttons and smashing the console in frustration and desperation, trying to get any response.
Suddenly the ship starts rotating in place until the nose is pointed towards the enemy ship.
Rolf finally realizes the movements are in response to his commands when the lasers open up.
*pew* *pew* *pew* Lasers start firing at the enemy captain each time he swings around into the firing line.
He’s quick, and keeps moving up and down the handhold, making a moving target very hard to hit.
After 3 rotations and misses, it seems to be a losing battle.
I grab the radio and hit the transmit button “Exie 2, BBQ his ass with the main engine.
Fry him” Skrul, seeing his evading is working, starts to look for a way to break the impasse.
Maybe if he shoots the laser pistol at the same spot enough it will break through and decompress this damn spinning ship.
He’s quite pissed after losing half his crew and being thrown against the ship then shot at by his own lasers.
Yeah, he’s gonna kill Rolf when he gets back, still not realizing his ship’s been hacked and is completely out of his control.
He starts shooting at a spot next to the hand rail, but it’s not easy to hit the same spot over and over while he’s being spun around.
It’s actually starting to affect his equilibrium, but 1 shot, 2 shots, 3 shots hit the same spot over and over.
Finally it’s starting to heat up, turning orange and warping.
But just as he’s about to hit it a 4th time, he glances over at his ship.
And does a double take.
“Why’s the engine pointed at me?
Is Rolf running away?” but those were his last thoughts before the engine spewed to life right in his face.
There was no avoiding it this time.
The spray from the engine was too wide for him to dodge.
“Damn you” he said, finally understanding.
The heat and pressure hit him like a truck.
A truck on fire.
Carrying more fire, and another truck.
The protective layers on his suit were nothing against that main thruster.
They began peeling away one at a time, but so fast it seemed they all failed and split wide open in an instant.
His chest vaporized and finally the force threw him away like a rag doll, spinning off into the distance.
See ya!
Inside the Bessie, it’s all cheers.
“Hells yeah.
3 down, one to go.
Exie connect us up again so i can go take care of that last guy” [Got it.
Don’t take unnecessary risks.
Exie 2 is monitoring this channel if you need their help.] Now that it’s just 1 on 1, it’s actually much less scary.
My body is in full adrenalized mode.
Cant stop yet or my courage will fail.
I bought the ticket now it’s time to take the ride.