Charlie’s gotten the hang of the weapons systems, Dr. “What is it you’re playing at, Federation captain?”īutters, the human chief engineer of the Kestrel, looked up from his console as he registered the presence of his captain before him, prompting him to nod in affirmation. “Understood, captain!” The two crewmen replied almost in unison, continuing to perform their duties while Tuco placed a hand onto the pilot’s console, glaring at the ship on the viewscreen. “Sooner or later, the captain of this Kestrel is bound to make a mistake, and when they do, that is when we will strike. As much as he wanted to reprimand the private for speaking out of turn, he wasn’t wrong. “The idea of fleeing is rather vexing, yes, but I fail to see what purpose is served by continuing to fight a hopeless battle against a superior foe,” Malfan piped up, prompting Tuco to grimace. This is our turf, and I am not about to let some scrappy Federation scout ship chase us away from the sector we have lorded over for the last five years.” Tuco paused for a moment before shaking his head. “Do you think we should run while we have the chance, boss?” Their engineer and first mate, a Mantis man by the name of Kazaaakpleth, piped up in his typical higher-pitched voice from his station on the other end of the ship. They clearly possess superior firepower and superior defenses to our own what possible reason could they have to keep up this charade?' “Indeed, private,” Tuco replied, looking out at the viewscreen where he could see the enemy ship, apparently known as the Kestrel, continuing to fly in circles around their ship while absorbing everything they could throw at them with their two layers of shields.

“Although we have continued firing on the enemy vessel with everything we have, they have not taken any further aggressive action other than continually firing an ion cannon at our shields, despite clearly possessing a mark II burst laser. “Situation unchanged since you retired to your quarters, captain,” Mafan replied, in that serene tone of voice that Tuco figured was characteristic of Zoltan who consider themselves to have achieved a state of enlightenment. As the legendary dread pirate Tuco emerged from his quarters to assess the situation that he and his crew had found themselves in, the private in question, a Zoltan man by the name of Mafan, calmly looked at the readings of his pilot console before responding to his captain.

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