This is one of the short story's I said I might write. It was actually my first but I didn't post it. Might coninue on, I have a bit of planning for it.

"Watch out!" shouts CY as he blasts at a missile that's heading straight for Matthews (CY's best friends) fighter.

"You watch out for yourself!" Matthew responds, as a burst of laser fire rips through CY's nearly non-existent shields shredding his engine and breaching his fuel tanks, fortunately not igniting his now exposed fuel. But that didn't prolong the life of the CY's ship by very much, as a missile impacted the now stationary and nearly defenceless ship igniting the exposed fuel and completely vaporizing CY.

"Damn" muttered CY dejectedly.

"We nearly got em!" said Matthews confidently, as a robotic voice announced "Simulation Ended".

As CY and Matt walked out of the simulator, they spotted an engineer called Bovee. "Hey CY" shouts Bovee as soon as he saw them."Commander Elis wants you!". Sighing, CY muttered a goodbye to Matt before following Bovee down the corridor.

When they reached Commander Elis and the other chiefs of staff in the briefing room, Elis immediately told them to report to hangar 3. "And that's where you'll receive your mission briefing" she said as CY and Bovee started to walk away.

"Yessir," said CY excitedly and Bovee miserably.

When CY and Bovee reached the hangar, they were directed to an old Kestrel class ship. As they walked up the boarding ramp, a voice said "Hello Captain Heng" "Lieutenant Bovee" It was an engineer neither of them had seen before.

"And you are...?" asked CY.

"Corporal Xin-Xin" she replied. "Mission briefing is inside" "We are to take off immediately".

"Immediately?" CY questioned dubiously.

"Yes,"she replied, before walking back inside the ship.

"Well you heard her" said CY, as Bovee stood shocked.

After they'd FTL jumped, CY and Bovee read the briefing. "Crap, the weakness of the rebels is their flagship?" questioned Bovee.

"It says so here," replied CY hollowly. 'Nine sectors to cross!' he thought dejectedly. "Well we better get acquainted with our stations". "Xin-Xin's got engines," "I'm the pilot"

"And I'll go on shields," volunteered Bovee. "Okay, but if we get in a fight I want you to go on the weapons." bargained CY.

"Okay," agreed Bovee, as they FTL jumped for the second time.

They emerged to find a rebel automated scout guarding a sensor station. "Let's avoid it" said CY, "We don't have time for this."

"Sure," agreed Xin as they navigated around to avoid the ship. They FTL jumped again, as soon as the FTL drive was charged.

They emerged to find a pirate bearing down on them. "Charge weapons" shouts CY as the pirate opens fire. "Brace for impact!" shouts CY again as the pirates missile sped towards them.

"Uh, shields down from an ion pulse" winced Bovee. Boom! The missile hit the ship.

"Missile hit nothing important" said Xin excitedly, "we're fine."

"Weapons charged and locked!" shouted Bovee"

"Then open fire" screamed CY." The missile sped towards the enemy ship as Bovee fired.

"We scored a direct hit!" yelled Bovee. "Their shields are down!" "

Fire our burst lasers now," demanded CY.

"Yessir" Bovee complied and cheered as all three bolts slammed into the enemy's weapons module.

"Our FTL drive is at 50% charge," shouted Xin-Xin she coaxed the engine into recharging faster.

"No need for it" "Bovee, fire at will," said CY. Bovee fired again, ripping the enemy ship apart.

"We won!" CY yelled jubilantly.

Thanks, I hoped you enjoyed.