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"Where are you Kassie!" You scream into your comm for your pilot.
Kassie's voice returns, unsure and confused, "I'm coming captain, but all the rare minerals in the asteroid are blocking sensors, it's making it hard for us to pinpoint you location! Do you know what sector you're in?"
A laser flies over your head as you hear the unintelligible curses of an alien language thrown at you. "Well," You say whilst popping up to return fire on your alien attackers. "I'm at an airlock, 7D is it's designation." One of the aliens, a 5 foot tall reptilian that looks similar to an alligator (save walking on two legs, having no tail, eyes on stalks and black scales) known as a Pridral, falls after you hit it in the chest, but there are still three more. "I'm stuck behind some boxes at the end of the corridor, I'm pinned down and a group of smugglers are trying to take me out." You say as you drop down in time to watch another salvo of lasers coming over head.
You are able to let off another shot right in to the shoulder of a human smuggler before you get a response, "Good news and bad news captain," Kassie says, "Good news, we found the airlock, and I'm positioning the Swan outside of it. Bad news is, with the self destruct sequence you started, We can't open the door remotely, you're going to have do it manually."
You groan, why didn't you make an escape plan when setting this place to blow, well it's a good thing you already have your helmet, because time is running short. You look around for an opening to the lock, and right across from you, you see a release on the wall. You can't stand up and turn it, you'd get shot, and your shields are nearly depleted. You also can't shoot it, most models have fail safes, it'll just shut down if you destroy it. An idea pops into your head, you unattach your last thermal grenade from your belt, and lob it towards the smugglers. As soon as you hear them gasp, you dash for release. The grenade blows right as you and the smugglers are pulled out into space, where the Swan, your ship, is sitting. The pirates choke in the lack of atmosphere while you drift back into the hanger bay.
"Welcome back captain," Hanna, the feminine voice of the ship's computer says. "You have been requested at...
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