I've been making #gekstories for a little while now. I revisit older stories every Thursday for #throwbackthursday.

We join where Gek recently returned from his visit to Starfall. Upon return to Local Serenity he encountered this situation with a freighter getting vandalized. Normally he lets the ODF handle these skirmishes and jumps in when necessary.

Lieutenant Twizzle shouts from above,

"Commander Umneo Sir! Received transmission from Gek and he wants us to help with the battle! "

"Uhhhh what?" Replies a concerned Commander Umneo. "I'm in the middle of making nachos and.....damnit! Ok fine! Follow him into battle. Keep the pitch locked, target all sorties."

Lasers and debris flying everywhere

A call for the Gold Star freighter to do quick spin and follows captain to the main freighter.

The fleet scrambles at the enemy ships in reverse.

This is a small skirmish for the soon to be retired Dartwing S42

Lieutenants McElroy and Jamison play compare results in the field to their onscreen game.

We chase down the remaining ships suddenly no longer in the mood to try and take the Vy'Keen freighter.

The battle continues overlooking all the planets of Local Serenity AH

Finishing up the remaining clean up

Commander Umneo lowers the alert

Although they are grateful for our assistance, no discount on freighter.

All returns to normal and lights glow in the system as Gek returns to visit the freighter crew. Smiling at such great luck this morning, even finds a fresh coffee cup waiting in the brewer. Last cup and all empty packets nearby.

He gets a call from Merchant Monandviks: "Gek, the Terminus is now connected to the Antimatter plug!"

Gek gets excited to stock up on antimatter, looks out at the system through the freighter window and runs back to the Dartwing to head home to the Terminus.

As he flys home he can hear screaming in Gek over the intercom "Geeeeek eesh peesh gak raaa!

He finally realized Umneo is the one sending the transmission.

At first he doesn't open the frequency to reply:

2nd message received....

And then I realized that was not my cup of coffee...whoops