Chapter 9 - Boom, Anyone?

The droid 'flinches' at Ken's suggestion of choice. "I highly object to being kidnapped, however, since being destroyed removes my ability to object, Which way?"

Once aboard, the Ghest pulls away from the Dreadnaught. You can see various other ships still attached and occasional small explosions burst out from the hull or illuminate the viewports along the huge ship. As your making for jump distance from the planet, a few of the ships detach and move towards the main docking bay. It seems the pirates must be gaining control and the Dreadnaught itself is beginning to move.

As you circle around, several of the other ships that delivered pirates do detach from the Dreadnaught and make their way out of the system. The Dreadnaught itself then starts to move away from it's orbit and suddenly the Comm jamming ceases. Almost immediately the Dreadnaught transmits a message, "This ship is now the property of the Felucia Freedom League, we have claimed it in our ongoing struggle to break free from the Empire."

The briefest of pauses occurs before another transmission reaches your ears. "Power down your Engines and prepare to be boarded, that Dreadnaught is Imperial property." Your scanners are now showing a pair of Imperial frigates coming around the planet. Normally two frigates wouldn't be a match for the Dreadnaught, but recently captured ships take time to get everything back on line. The engines, however, seem to be working as the Dreadnaught goes to full power and starts it's lumbering acceleration away from the frigates.

The rest of the small ships that were involved in the assault are now rapidly departing. The frigates are taking long range shots at the engines of the dreadnaught. One glancing blow seems to have hit some sort of cooling line. AD-hoc recognizes the venting gasses would be vital to keeping the engines in normal temperature ranges. However, engines already running a heavy fuel mix would ... Yep, there they go, the top center engine seems to have blown and the others are shutting down.

"All Felucia Freedom League ships, return immediately. We need to secure this ship against the Imps while we strip what we can. Let's go, there's now way those frigates have the troops to retake this ship, but we need you guys to load up before they get reinforcements. "