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I look up at Rekks to a see a soft red light strobing on the side of his face as he stares back at me.



“What is that? Do we have more company?” He looks down, suddenly aware of the new warning on the console.



“We’ve got a new long-range contact. It looks like a pair of system patrol craft.” He taps a few commands and I see the ships on my screen as I buckle the harness on my worn seat. They are definitely UEE military fighters and they are on an intercept course.



I have a sudden inspired thought. We could stop these slavers. At least, we could stop them from capturing these idiots who are already having a bad day after being robbed and left to drift.



“Rekks! We can stop these snakeheads!”



My sudden outburst catches him off guard but I’m sure he'd already had a similar thought.



“You know one of those skags did just try to kill you.”



“I know, and he didn’t do a very good job of it but they don’t deserve a slave’s fate. What would Mom think?” Rekks was looking right at me without seeing me, the way he does when he’s processing a major decision. I knew my words had erased any thought of us not getting involved.



“Okay, okay. I have a plan. We just need some time for the patrols to arrive. They’ll certainly chase an infamous slaver over us. First we use our tractor beam to put the transport into a gentle roll, make them take the time to stabilize the craft before they can board it. Then we go dark behind an asteroid. When they come in close, we fly out, aim all our weapons at their tractor emitters and hope we can disable them as we make a break for the jump point. They’ll…”



I interrupt. “Rekks, as much as I love your crazy plans, there’s no time… but I have a plan of my own. I’ll buy the time we need. I’ll parley.”