A/N: My own contribution to the rewatch fanworks will be oneshots about Mira, each based on an episode of BLoSC. They'll be in the same order as the rewatch schedule, though as I started late they won't coincide precisely with the viewing dates.

"Ranger Nova?"

Mira glanced up at the commander, and realised she'd been lingering in the briefing room. "Sir." She saluted stiffly.

"Dismissed." Nebula walked out, his pegleg echoing through the hall with each step, and Mira reluctantly followed. The other Rangers had already filed out the room, the briefing having ended several minutes ago. With her arms crossed over her chest, Mira trudged down the corridor and left the briefing room behind her.

It's not fair! She frowned. After the attack on the LGM homeworld, she'd spent hours studying the defenses around Planet Z, looking for any weaknesses Star Command could exploit. If she could find something that might help them in their battle against Zurg and bring it up at the briefing, Commander Nebula was sure to be impressed - and Buzz too. Maybe then he'd be more willing to take her on as his new partner...

But when she'd proposed sending the Alpha-1 on a one-man mission to sneak through Zurg's defenses and take the emperor down stealthily, the commander had shot her down and outright rejected the idea. And Buzz... Well, he may have liked the idea, but instead of praising her initiative he'd tried to steal her thunder by offering to pilot the ship himself, even though it was her idea. He'd even had the nerve to emphasize her royal title, as if that somehow proved she wasn't as qualified for the mission as he was!

Ugh. Mira slammed her fist into the palm of her hand. Why won't anyone around here listen to me? They didn't see her as the Space Ranger she was - all they saw was a princess. And no one will even give me a chance to prove myself!

She knew her plan would work. Zurg's defenses weren't equipped to detect ships as small as the Alpha-1, since conventional logic would lead most attackers to hit the planet with large ships. Who would send their smallest ship to bring down the galaxy's most wanted criminal?

I could pull it off. All she needed was the go-ahead from Nebula, and before long Zurg would be behind bars and the LGMs would have their Uni-mind back...

But the commander had been stuck at a desk too long and didn't have the guts to take risks anymore. How can I make him see that I'm right? She sighed. At this rate, she'd never get to show anyone what she was really made of. She'd always be the princess.

Unless...

No, she quickly shook her head, she couldn't do it. That would be disobeying a direct order! Commander Nebula would have her head if she tried. But... if she succeeded... maybe he'd overlook it? After all, she'd read Buzz's file, and knew he'd done similar things in the past and been commended for it when his plans had worked. Surely it would be the same for her? Buzz and Nebula would have to be impressed when she returned to Star Command with Zurg in her custody.

No one would be calling me princess then, she thought, a smirk crossing her face. Not even Buzz Lightyear had been able to bring Zurg in yet. If she succeeded where he'd failed... her career would be made!

She looked left and right to make sure no one was watching her. All I have to do is slip the Alpha-1 off the station unnoticed, and get to Zurg Space without being caught.

How hard could it be?