Bring 'er in

[Asmus Janes]

[member="Captain Colton Renfroe"] [member="Tela Uolmi"]

Klaxon blared as Asmus threw himself into his flight suit. Another bit of excitement to break up this tedious assignment.

"What have we got?" he shouted.

"Another vessel crossing the border. The grav mines pulled them out of orbit, but they're too fast for us to follow. They're not responded to demands to stop." The voice came over the intercom.

Asmus turned as his wing mate rounded the corner. "Come on Tela, get your arse dressed. For once."

This wasn't an official punishment. Nothing had been proven. However when word of a drunken underage Rogue had reached the right ears the two of them had been deployed on a dull border patrol carrier. Only pulling silly barrel rolls around First Order spy vessels to make them turn back had kept him entertained.

"Not a spy vessel," came the commander again. "It's a smuggler. Bring him in!"

 

[Tela Uolmi]

"Comin', Ass-mus, geez," she groused, hopping forward and pulling on her flightsuit, "whaddya mean, 'for once'?! S'not like I fly starkers!"

She wasn't stupid, but that'd be just the kind of stunt she'd pull. Legs were hauled over her boots, and arms worked into sleeves. Bedhead was the 'do du jour, and that short, red mane stuck out in all kinds of directions, underlined by the eyes of a raccoon; she hadn't yet seen a mirror, but she could guess. No-one wanted to get a helmet on faster than she did.

"Smuggler, huh?" she quipped after the announcement came, the last dregs of grogginess clinging to her words as she zipped up, coming alongside her winger, "Exciting."

And she meant it. This assignment was the pits of dullery, but remotely worth it for what had occurred.

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[member="Asmus Janes"] | [member="Captain Colton Renfroe"]​

 

[Renthcol]

Colton was still fight some of effective of grav mines as turn his wookie copilot, “How’d you miss those on scan ya walking capet.!” He exclaimed as he got control of ship. He looked scanners “too quiet.” He mutter to himself. “Alright furball prep the guns we gonna have company soon.” Colton looked for somewhere to hide he was hauling 2 tons of weapons for a cartel deal He already had one price on head from the first order he really didn’t need or want on from the cartels as well.


[member="Asmus Janes"], [member="Tela Uolmi"]

 

[Asmus Janes]

[member="Tela Uolmi"] [member="Captain Colton Renfroe"]

"I'm thinking... Let's pull a tight helix around the freighter. See how close to his shields we can get before he comes to a halt," Asmus chuckled. The pair were at a half jog towards the fighters.

The deck crew already had a set of stairs out and Asmus jumped them two at a time as he pulled his helmet down. Someone had already run pre-flight for the ship.

"Comms check?" he called, but he was already putting power to the thrusters and lifting off. One of the deck crew cursed at him as the ladder was knocked over.

 

[Renthcol]

“Fighters should launch any minute now furball, you got the guns prepped yet.” He said as looked at the systems display “good now stand by on the deflector shield, I’m going make run for that mining station.” He said point old station off in the distance.



[member="Asmus Janes"] [member="Tela Uolmi"]

 

[Asmus Janes]

[member="Tela Uolmi"][member="Captain Colton Renfroe"]

"That thing can shift alright," Asmus said to Tela. He diverted power from the rear shields and weapons to the engines. All four thrusters burned bright crimson as he pushed the acceleration up as high as he could.

He checked the numbers. The freighter had a good head start and still had more velocity than them, but the X-Wings were shifting that.

"Two minutes to intercept."

 

[Renthcol]

“Here come 2 X-wings 1 minuet 30 seconds till in weapons range, put the deflector screen up double rear.” He said the Wookie in copilot’s seat as he doubles the guns.

 

[Tela Uolmi]

[member="Asmus Janes"] | [member="Captain Colton Renfroe"]

"Sure can," she replied in turn. Tela went through the same motions, diverting power to the engines as Asmus had. Thrusters became the shade of red giants as she punched it up as far as possible, in sync with her winger.

Numbers were checked, this was the way it was done. They weren't there yet, but they could close the gap. This was what they did. This chase was one small mercy of fun to push back the boredom.

"Two... nay, one-fifteen, and closing."

 

[Asmus Janes]

[member="Captain Colton Renfroe"] [member="Tela Uolmi"]

"Tela match my orientation and follow my vector. I'm going to drop half a click and realign."

When Asmus followed fighters he preferred to split. Try and herd them one way or another and then cut across their path. But the freighter likely had dorsal and ventral turrets. Better to stick together and only face half the ship's firepower.

"Unidentified freighter. Cut power to your engines. We're going to escort you back to an Alliance vessel for inspection."

 

[Renthcol]

[member="Asmus Janes"][member="Tela Uolmi"]


“Thanks for invite but I’ll have decline .” he replied over the comm channel , Colton looked scaner the fighter were closing the gap but they also weren’t in weapons range just yet with a devious grin he turned to his copilot and said “strap in were gonna have a little fun with our new admirers.” The Wookie groan as he strapped in and Colton did the same. The fighters were just out of range. Suddenly he snatched the throttle into full reverse.

 

[Renthcol]

Spoiler

I've waited 4 days for a replay so I'm gonna move this along.

[member="Asmus Janes"] [member="Tela Uolmi"]


As fighter enter range of the freighter’s dorsal and ventral quad laser cannon faster than were likely expecting the freighter opened fire. A short sweeping of birth red bolts and just as sudden as he thrown the ship into reverse Colton gunned the engines heading toward the abounded mining station, and pop a few flare, “Alright fur ball jam their transmission don’t want ‘em callin' for back up.” He said the wookie who immediately began flipping switched to operate the jammer.

 

[Asmus Janes]

[member="Captain Colton Renfroe"] [member="Tela Uolmi"]

“Oh come on,” Asmus groaned. The profile on an X-Wing meant its moment of inertia was smallest against pointing the nose up or down. Asmus pushed his X-wing into a dive as the warning shots lanced across the space between them.

He opened up the comm channel once more. “I haven’t got ion cannons or mag pulse warheads aboard. If we start firing it isn’t going to tickle. Last warning.”

He flicked the channel back to command but a red light appeared on the screen. The smuggler was jamming their comms back to the base ship and the X-wing couldn’t secure a channel. He kept close to Tela, too close for the freighter to interfere with their comms.

“I’m dropping in low and breaking to draw his fire. Go for his engines.”

 

[Renthcol]

[member="Asmus Janes"] [member="Tela Uolmi"]


Colton maxed out the throttle and headed for the mining station max speed the station’s profile got bigger and bigger from the cockpit window, His guns still intermittently firing sweeping toward the fighters.

 

[Asmus Janes]

[member="Captain Colton Renfroe"] [member="Tela Uolmi"]

Asmus flicked a switch to change his cannons into sequenced firing mode. Pulling down on the trigger as he eased back the throttle to let loose a sweep or laser bolts. They cut across the freighter's path and grazed it's shields.

Asmus drooped and twisted away from a return of quad laser fire. One click and his lasers were back into the original firing mode to shoot all four together. Much more effective against larger targets.

"That was the last warning. Bring your vessel to a halt!"

 

[Renthcol]

[member="Asmus Janes"][member="Tela Uolmi"]


The last volley from the fighter did considerable damage to the freighter’s deflector shield, Colton turned to his Wookie copilot “Alright fur ball cut in the auxiliary power and hold on. The Wookie flipped a few switches, and Colton pushed the throttle to the max, engage in evasive maneuvers zig-zagging as his guns continued to fire sweeping volleys. He was now about 100 kilometers from the mining station. “Catch me if you can.” He replied over the com channel.

 

[Asmus Janes]

[member="Captain Colton Renfroe"]

"Oh come on!" Asmus replied. "There's no where to go, just pack it..."

Asmus didn't finish the sentence as he had to concentrate on the stick. He cut thrust for half a second and then dropped under an asteroid. As he cleared it he was forced to roll and pull away from another stream of laser fire. He switched the comm back to the Flight channel.

"Alright Tela, no more playing. The one knows his business at the helm. I'll draw his fire, blow an asteroid in his path with a torpedo."

 

[Renthcol]

[member="Asmus Janes"] [member="Tela Uolmi"]

Colton new it wasn’t gonna to escape this that sooner or later the fighter would force him stop, and comply but if he make it to the mining station with enough distance between him and fighter he dump the weapons and spice he was running for black sun and pick it up latter. The station was close enough he could look fo spot the dump said cargo. He noticed a hole ripped through station about 10 meters from the main hanger and was surrounded by a small debris field. ~that’s it.~ thought to himself and set course for it still evading return fire from fighters the deflector had taken a few more blows and wasn’t going to hold out much longer.