Most Played: FTL

“Red Alert!” Klaxons go off in my mind as the two ships float in cross-section in front of a red giant.

I fire the opening volley: an ion blast to disable the Rebel fighter’s shields. My anti-ship drone peppers them with shots and begins to bring down their systems. My veins throb with adrenaline

Two of my best men beam over to take the fight to the enemy. They materialize in the weapons control room and start to wreck havoc.

While I was distracted with events on the enemy ship, a red flash engulfs the hull of my ship, fires have hit my life support systems. I flush the air out of the room, but not before it knocks off the only source of oxygen for the entire ship.

I need a hero - and there are no volunteers. I order the pilot to venture into the life support room to fix the system. In doing so, I lose our best chance at dodging further enemy attacks.

The noise of a heart monitor pulls my attention back to the enemy ship where my brave away team are fighting for their lives. I order them to run to a room on the other side of the ship until I can pull them out. I warm-up the teleporter and beam them over just as one of my missiles penetrates the enemy’s hull and turns the fighter into space junk…

… Where are my men? I check the teleporter room - they haven’t materialized. I was too late and now I’m down to three men. My heroic pilot and my weapons and shields officers… Three men against the whole Rebel fleet. Things aren’t looking good.