In the wave of Queeq's attack, the Hangar falls into silence. The three man crew of the other hevay laser post surrender; no other defending guards can be seen.
However, you can all sense havy activity at ALL the exits. Some of the doors opoen a fraction and guards start taking pot shots at you. Edna, you are badly exposed.
There is a humming noise, and you all turn curiously to hear the engine systems of the vast cruiser powering up...
"Damn right," says Krisha, as she puts an explosive across the last terminal
"I have overridden the hyperdrive safeties and put a power surge into the system. I'm just blowing the last circuit. The ship will attempt to go into hyperspace INSIDE the docking bay. Nothing can stop it now. It will start a chain reaction that should destry the whole station.
"We have five minutes; do you have the escape route ready? My ship is at bay 257..."
As you leave the ship, Krisha looks ebhind her as the engines power up.
"I meant it when I said it couldn't be stopped," she said. "We have five minutes to get clear of the station..."
Meanwhile, Edna, you are still caught out in the open, unsure where to run, desperaely deflecting incoming fire. You can't last forever...
Queeq's blaster fire finally comes and Edna takes this oppotunity without hesitation. The guards are momentarily distracted and she leaps up grabbing hold of the metal bar above and to the fornt of her. She swings around it once, twice, with incredibly speed and then flings herself off, somersaulting through the air and landing behind the guards on topof a near by space yacht. She almost looses her balance but manages to steady herslef before she turns around to see the guards confusion at her apparent disappearance. That makes her smile to herself. She leaps down the other side of the ship and runs to Quam and Krisha.
"Thanks Quam" She says grudgingly. "So now what?"
"A good plan? Are you out of your mind?!!!!" Quam pushes Krishna aside. "You're liable to get us all killed, Braindead. 257 you said huh?"
Quam blast the bay doors with his tommy blaster and keeps firing until everyone in the corridor is dead.
"Come on, only a few minutes." Quam force speeds down the corridor towards landing bay 257.
Four minutes and counting.
You can either try and force your way through to the Docking Bay, which is dangerous but fast, or sneak your way over via some plan of your own imagining.s.
Looks like Quam has already chosen his path, and Krisha is following... I wouldn't put it beyond them to take off without the other two girls...
(In the current absence of Dim and Edna, I am having to move things on).
You speed through the station as the countdown to its destruction continues, the guards unaware of their impending doom. Krisha, not bothered to cause any more casualties, simply force pushes intervening gaurds out of the way, while Quam blats away at everything in sight.
Edna and Dim, you two try and keep up. Dim, your injuries are slowing you, while Edna is having to spend too much time dodging out the way of incoming fire.
It will be a close run thing. Quam and Krisha burst into the docking bay where Krisha's ship is just as your time runs out. From the other side of the station, there is a high-pitch whine and then a terrible, terrible screeching sound, and an enormous explosion. The station starts to shake uncontrollably, and then gravity starts to fail. Debris starts to rain down all around as you try to get into the ship. Meanwhile, Dim and Edna are just entering the docking bay, desperately trying to keep their footing...
Quam pulls out another gun from his hip and aims it at the ships landing gear. He fires the little harpoon which bores its way into one the landing gear's beams. He quickly grabs, Krishna's foot and pull her to the wire.
"You get down there and fire up the converters. I''l get Dim and Edna. Hurry this time, will ya!" Quam snapped at her.
He quickly attaches the end of the wire to another litte harpoon and fires his gun at the opposite wall of the docking bay. Quam begins pulling himself towards Edna and Dim.
A support beam gives way, slicing its way neatly through the docking area. It looks like it will crush through the ship, but Krisha gets it off the ground just in time, and the beam misses the right wing by mere inches.
For a moment, it looks like Krisha will boost out of there and leave you. But then the ships' thrusters slowly nudge it over to Quam, who has gathered up the two women. Soon, all three are inside the ship.
"Strap yourselves down!" yells out Krisha, as she makes to leave the hangar.
The station is already collapsing in on itself. The hangar bay entrance twists and deforms as you approach. it looks impossible to get through, but Krisha rolls the ship violently. There is a scraping sound as the ship hits something, and you are all thrown forwards, and then you are out...
The top half of the sation, billowing fire from where the cruiser exploded, collpases down slowly, twisiting and then snapping down onto the lower half. It does not so much explode as disintegrate; the station seems to slowly unravel as it comes to pieces, and each piece is on fire. Metal. Plastics. Bodies.
It really is rather pretty.
Very few other ships made it out.
Quam is the first to recover from his unconsciousness. He looks around dazed, trying to focus. He gets up and tries to keep his balance, as Quam is still dizzy. His hands automatically check his weapons, a habit that Quam's not even aware of. When his dizziness begins to fade, he sees Krish fiddling the controls. Anger overcomes Quam and he pushed Krish aside, away from the controls.
"You're screw ups are over, I (!) am taking this ship back to Jaglon Beta."
Krish opens her mouth to snap back at the arrogant Dark Jedi, but Quam turns his head and looks at her with dark eyes that almost brings chills down her spine. Fear...
Quam quickly types in the coordinates for Jaglon Beta and then softly remarks. "You better strap in, we don't want anyone to fall over, now do we?"
Krish quietly obeys and at the instant that she clips her belt in, Quam makes the jump to lightspeed...
It's not far to Jaglon Beta; the Cruiser was in the local area after all. You rest in the short time you have.
A casual scan of the news pretty much revelas that you have made Galactic Headlines. That the Damagran Confederacy was going to vote about independance was already news. The cruiser that the Republic had sent out was part of a major programme desinged to keep Damagran loyal by showing support; now that entire plan is in ruins.
Kuylen will be pleased. There is no evidence that any suriviors saw you guys; in fact there is no evidence of any survivors at all.
There always seems to bemore to do, though your ultimate plan is close to completion now. If you can just stave off any attention for just a little while longer...
Now you must return to see Kuylen, at the centre of your vast piracy operation, and see what to do next.
You will arrive at Jaglon Beta soon...