Kairon Rees
Smuggler
The Quintessence fired lateral thrusters and spewed forth a torrent of laser fire. The broken pieces of TIE skipped off the shields without doing much harm. One of the unfortunate facts of space battles was that fighters zipped around with huge amount of momentum. Hitting them with lasers didn't change that fundamental fact, and pieces of fighter hull could do tremendous damage.
"Keep her steady!"
"That's the plan, they keep altering it!" Kairon replied to his nephew.
"Watch the towers!" Mai snarled.
"I'm looking at them," Kairon replied.
"I don't mean stare at them like a moron, fly around them!" she snapped back.
The long freighter banked to port to skirt a pair of laser turrets. One tracked them neatly and caught them near the fuel tanks, before an escorting X-Wing destroyed it. Another hit like that and the fuel tanks would go and take them all with it.
The B-wings followed in their wake as they pulled up, putting some distance between themselves and the hull of the cruiser, opening up the angle for the shot. An array of torpedoes streaked towards the section of the cruiser that was little more than frame and floating detritus. A brilliant flash of light heralded the first torpedo to hit the mark.
"She's going critical. Pull up! Pull up!" came the call over the battle network.
"[Calculating hyperspace jump!]" called the Sullustan.
"Any sign of the Grace?" Kairon shouted. Full power was supplied to the rear shields and engines and they accelerated directly aware from the cruiser. A series of bright flashes showed the reactor starting to go critical.
Another TIE fell into their path. Green lasers passed perilously close and into the distance ahead of them. Warning lights flashes as they were struck several times. There was a brilliant flash as the starboard nacelle was blown free. Kairon eased forward the level to send them into hyperspace just as another laser blast struck them. The console exploded.
"Keep her steady!"
"That's the plan, they keep altering it!" Kairon replied to his nephew.
"Watch the towers!" Mai snarled.
"I'm looking at them," Kairon replied.
"I don't mean stare at them like a moron, fly around them!" she snapped back.
The long freighter banked to port to skirt a pair of laser turrets. One tracked them neatly and caught them near the fuel tanks, before an escorting X-Wing destroyed it. Another hit like that and the fuel tanks would go and take them all with it.
The B-wings followed in their wake as they pulled up, putting some distance between themselves and the hull of the cruiser, opening up the angle for the shot. An array of torpedoes streaked towards the section of the cruiser that was little more than frame and floating detritus. A brilliant flash of light heralded the first torpedo to hit the mark.
"She's going critical. Pull up! Pull up!" came the call over the battle network.
"[Calculating hyperspace jump!]" called the Sullustan.
"Any sign of the Grace?" Kairon shouted. Full power was supplied to the rear shields and engines and they accelerated directly aware from the cruiser. A series of bright flashes showed the reactor starting to go critical.
Another TIE fell into their path. Green lasers passed perilously close and into the distance ahead of them. Warning lights flashes as they were struck several times. There was a brilliant flash as the starboard nacelle was blown free. Kairon eased forward the level to send them into hyperspace just as another laser blast struck them. The console exploded.