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Ranger sighed. Space was so peaceful. And now he had to interrupt it.
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Out of nowhere, a large rocket doomed up, speeding towards the Hellhammer. Meanwhile, the fighters were being engaged by lasers seemingly coming out of nowhere.
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Pierce sighed. Those pirates are so stupid. I use exactly the same tricks as last time, and they fall for it again.
While firing some more lasers at a fighter who had been successfully dodging his fire for the last few seconds, he noticed the dropship moving toward the Hellhammer.
"Ranger, plan B! Plan B!"
Pierce quickly moved towards the slow dropship, engaging the few protecting fighters, successfully dodging some fire coming from the Hellhammer.
Huh? They can fire back at me?
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"Ranger, plan B! Plan B!"
Ranger looked at his scanners, stopping his continuous rocket fire.
Dang, the dropship... It's too damn close!
"Pierce, I CAN'T MAKE IT THERE IN TIME! Even if I CAN connect to it, I'll just end up in the Hellhammer anyway! It won't stop moving when I connect! And I don't have interruptors!"
"SHIT! Me neither!"
Suddenly Ranger felt a bang.
"Piece, they can somehow see us! I'm being hit!"
"Aha, that explains why they can fire back at us."
"One option: Tactical retreat, man!"
"Aww... SHIT!"
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The weapon fire stopped just as it began. Quick and unexpected.
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Some days later, in a bar on a distant planet:
Ranger sat down with his beer.
"I'm sorry, Pierce. We'll need to find them back."
"Remember, I consider this your fault. If we had gone for the dropship immediately..."
"Stop it. Not funny."
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