"Keep it together guys, these guys ain't so tough"
Switching shields on 75% front, 25% aft. Nudging the stick to port, RC brings his ship into a wide arc, straightening his flightpath at just the right moment to drop his aiming reticle over the enhance image of one of the enemy fighters on his heads up display.
"1.... 2.... 3.... Tone!"
A volley of laser bolts errupt from the nose mounted cannons and streak through space towards the fighter. All 4 hit home and the small craft explodes in an incandecent ball of fire.
"That's one! How many more do we need to open up a hole for you guys?"
"Stay with it, Ush," Gundark tells him as she crawls half under the instrument panel and begins switching wires, trying to bypass the short circuit. Sparks fly, followed by a smattering of swear words from under the panel. Finally she calls out to Ushgarak, "diverting all auxiliary power to guidance control."
"Hmmm, you keep flying like that, you're gonna need a much bigger hole!"
From the port side 3 enemey fighters angle in on the Ruby and shower forth a barrage or laser bolts." They hit the ship hard, barreling her to starboard.
"Moons of Yavin! Ok Ush, you better start flyin fancy, I'm all outta port shields and that aft is looking very shakey too."
RC rolls the Ruby though a 360°, the enemy fighters pull back but match the manouvour well. Pulling back on the stick, RC heads into a half loop and as he levela off hits a half roll to bring himself back onto a level heading, straight at the enemy fighters.
Opening up the laser cannons, he manages to take out one as they fly passed. The Ruby pours on the speed as she is rockets through the exploding cloud of debris. Warning lights flash up as microfragments pass though the energy sheilds and impact against the hull, cause minute hull breachs as they do.
Gundark crawled out from under the instrument panel and thumbed the com. "Get back down here, phinney. No point in having you blown off the side of the ship." She flipped to RC's channel. "We're not planning on a fancy landing. Ush and I have two ships docked at the Marakith spaceport, so I'm not worried about using this baby again." Another blast rocked their ship and she grabbed Ushgarak's shoulder to steady herself. "See if you get us on the ground in one piece, though," she told him with a grim smile.
The ship shuddered violently as it plunged through the atmosphere. "We're gonna get cooked going in at this angle", Gundark pointed out. She studied the scope in front of her. "Can you nose her over about .12 ? There's a large area of low scrub we may be able to land in." She looked at Ushgarak, feeling him use the Force to maintain control of the ship.