I began moving insystem as I changed the SFT to my personal id. Xxx I cursed when the console did not respond and opened the comm to the corvette, “Sonia, do you still have the lifeboats on scan?”
“Yes.”
I leaned back in the pilot seat, “use the emergency comm freq. I headed to the bridge as a couple of men went to the starboard lifeboat. I started plotting again, “talk to me Lorenz!”
She bared her teeth, “purring like a cat.”
I nodded as I read the gravity scans and plotted a jump and hit the button, “it is going to get rough so watch the skip engine.”
She laughed, “which one? They might not see us behind the cargo ship.”
I could see her thinking before she nodded, “if we hit her by surprise with everything.”
I looked at Lorenz, “I need a micro jump.”
She nodded, “the engine is still warm.”
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