Prologue
[Unknown system, Honorata]
Captain Uto'Kaddi vas Honorata was nervous. It was understandable in his position, chased down by Batarian pirates to a remote system with an inactive relay was enough to make anyone nervous, especially if the migrant fleet was half way across the galaxy and Turian patrols were years apart in this area. To make matters worse he had a plan, most would be happy to have a way out of the war path of the batarians, but not Uto, not today. Not if the plan illegal, insane, and potentially more dangerous than any pirate, not to mention what would happen if the Turians ever found out.
"Captain," called a shaky voice to his left "the beacon is offline, we're ready."
"Good," he reply, his voice steadier than he felt "Now we wait, and pray they don't find us."
Only minutes later their fears were realized as Batarian ships began appearing at the edge of their scanner's range.
"Alright," Uto said "Only one way out now."
"We're ready captain," came Ket'Rah's reply after several seconds "well, as ready as we're going to be, activating a dormant relay."
"Do you have a better plan?"
"No, not really; I just felt it was important to remind you how bad an idea this is before we die"
The conversation abruptly ended as the relay began to activate, the rings around the core spinning faster and faster as power built.
"How much longer?" asked Uto,
"Power output has peaked, it's active"
"Ok then" Uto proclaimed "Lets break council law" as the Honotara accelerated into the relay.