Rorworr picks the closest navigational waypoint on the Rimma Route, without even checking to see what resides there. He slams the hyperdrive lever forward, and the autopilot takes over, spinning the ship around, ever so slowly to align itself with the hyperjump's exit vector.
For breath, nothings happens. But then the telltale whine of the hyperdrive motivators engaging fills the cabin. The expected leap to hyperspace never arrives, as the whine rises in pitch. The unbearable noise cuts off with resounding bang, and the entire ship bucks throwing Rorworr, Kaz and Dorn against their safety restraints.
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Arani in the cargo bay to find a pair of ASP labor droids waiting for her. Before she can say a word, an excrutiating wail fills the hold, only stopping after the deck leaps beneath her very feet with a crash, knocking her to the ground. Both droids topple over each other, tipping over a stack of small bacta canisters.
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Inside the bacta suit, Kelko can barely hear the ship's scream that reverberates through the medical bay. Sen and Valra, however must endure the cacophany, as myriad vials, bottles and instruments rattle inside cabinets and on shelves. The ship finally rings like a hammer-struck gong. Kelko, nearly immobile in the bukly suit, nearly falls from the examination table, but is narrowly saved by both Sen and Valara sprawling ove the top of him.
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Given a moment's respite, Rorworr glances out the starboard viewport, where the pirate cruiser now waits. A high pitched warble warns that the pursuing fighters have achieved a missile lock. And a second blue bolt of energy sprouts from the corvette's immense ion cannon...
