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Part IV: The Plan

Scar ran all this through his mind-the Captain asking for his help. If he failed, he was sure his fate would meet him in the nearest airlock. The Captain had no patience for failures. Yet if he succeded….images of commanding his own corvette came to mind.

Scar thought hard on this. This would be enough to bring down the Boron fleet, but would cause internal strife. “What about that Yaki ship we captured…it has a boost extension-you know about that right? I learned all about them while I was in the Argon Military.â€?

The Captain’s eyes lit up, “Of course…I had forgotten… Why didn’t you tell me this earlier boy! Scar, get to your ship and prepare to defend the Redemption. Ill send our engineering crew to work on that ship and see if we cant install that boost extension into this vessel-we would be able to run just far enough to get to the neighboring system..-“ he was cut off when the viewscreen was obstructed by plasma fire. A siren wailed as the shields began to dip. “

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