Rorworr lifts the ship up on its repusors and swings the bow about toward the line of Cloakshapes, just as the four flight suited pirates slip into the cockpits, and seal their canopies.
With the ship slewing around wildly, Kaz manages to tumble into the copilot's seat, and slaps the activation controls for the Pathfinder's defensive sheilds. As they power up, he finds that one of the four shield generators was destroyed by the pirate attack, and the remaining three are struggling to compensate. The ship's aft quarter is completely defenseless! [See p. 218, Table 11-9, "Shield Generators Damaged"]
Dorn pulls the firing stud a little too early in Rorworr's pirouette. The pair of concussion missiles streak off across the valley, before Dorn loses sight of them in the confusion.
Standing in the bridge's hatchway, Valara nearly loses her balance with the ship's sudden maneuver. Luckily she catches hold of the back of a seat before she the ship gets a chance to knock her off her feet.
The voice of the ship's computer cheerfully interupts the daring escape. |...Good morning, Captain, how may be of... Hey, wait! You aren't Captain Jansen! Just what in the vast blue blazes do think you are doing in here? You aren't authorized to fly this ship! You're all nothing but a pack of lousy, rancid, foul-smelling pirates...|