The MoonRay ducked, and weaved through turbolaser fire as Yug desperately tried to shake off their pursuers.
Nickie (woken up by the sound of battle) hurried to the cockpit. "Yug! What's going on?"
Yug was to focused on the controls to look back at Nickie, but he replied. "Someone is chasing us!"
Nickie clutched the back of Yug's chair to keep herself from slamming against the cockpit's walls as the ship rocked side to side. "No dip I can see that, but who are they!? Are they Imperial?"
Yug's hands were fastened hard on the controls, and his voice sounded strained. "No! We haven't done anything to get them to come after us! Especially with lethal force! Who ever they are we've psit them off on the way from here, all the way back to your homeworld!"
Nickie still didn't like that word. Yug, please don't call it that. We both know that planet is no home of mine."
Yug swung the ship to the hard right, and said. "I know, but I don't know what else to call it!" he then swung the ship hard left. "Who ever they are we've really made them angry! Can you think of anything that we did that could have made them angry?"
Nickie had to hold on for dear life as Yug took the ship in a hard dive before leveling off, and continuing to evade turbolaser fire. "Yug all you do is bring your relief supplies around, and do your doctor stuff, and all I do is act as your incompetent bodyguard, and sometimes assistant! I don't see why anyone would want to kill us! Maybe they've mistaken us for someone else?"
Yug shook his head, and Nickie could see a vane in his neck pop out. "Nope!... Well actually I don't know they haven't responded to any of our hails! If they have mistaken us for someone else, they don't care!"
The Moonray then shook violently, and the lights flickered.
Yug shouted out. "Dammit these shields are not meant to withstand that kind of firepower! We're down to 17% One more shot, and we're dead!"
Nickie gleefully looked at Yug. "Well if you added those upgrades then we wouldn't be in this mess!"
The ship shook again from another near miss. "Nickie I've told you! Half of those upgrades were illegal! These guys alone are giving me a hand full, I don't need an Imperial Star Destroyer chasing us!"
"But Yug this ship doesn't even have weapons! How are we supposed to fight back!?"
The ship shook again, and Yug spun the ship on it's axis which managed to pry Nickie away from Yug's seat, and send her tumbling to the floor.
As she brushed some hair out of her face she said. "That does it!" She rushed Yug, and yanked him out of the pilot's seat, and plunked down in his place, as Yug protested. "Nickie! What are you doing?!"
"Saving our butts! My butt to be more exact." Now that the ship's controls were in the hands of Nickie the twists, and turns that Yug was attempting to do felt smoother, and there were no were as many close calls now. As they finally began to get some distance between them, and pursuing ship Nickie said to Yug. "Plot us a course out of here, and in the meantime scan that ship! I want to know who these people are!"
Yug didn't protest this time, and quickly got the courses set, and got the quick scanner up, and running. "Alright got a plot set for an Imperial Outpost. I be these people won't follow us there, and scanning is… about.. Done!"
Nickie took a quick glance back at Yug, and said. "Well? Who are they?"
"...In fear for your life, as well as my own… I'll let you see when we get out of here."
Nickie smiled as the stars turned to long lines, and they jumped to hyperspace.
No that they were hyperspace Nickie set the controls to autopilot, and walked over to see what was the big deal. "So who were thouse guys?" Nickie read over the data, and she couldn't believe her eyes.
"I know those classes of ships!"
Yug nodded. "Figured you would… Sooo who does it belong to? All the scanner picked up was the basic schematics of that ship, weapons, shielding, engines, and such, but we know nothing else about it, of who it belongs to."
Nickie, tried to remember, but shrugged. "I don't know… Maybe… uhhh...Space wizards?"
"Edi? No they're all gone, and-"
"NO! Space Wizards are not the same as Jedi!"
"What's the difference?"
She glared at Yug as if he should know. "One group i called Jedi', and the other are called 'Space Wizards'! Also the Jedi carry those laser swords thingys. Space Wizards just use their special mind abilities."
"Nickie?"
"Yeah?"
"Stop playing holo-games ok? They're ruining your brain."
"NEVER!" she then ran out of the cockpit. Yup stood there for about 30 seconds before Nickie came back. "Back to the problem at hand." She then turned her gaze to the flow of data. "Well I don't remember these Guys' name, but I do know one thing: This isn't the last we've seen of them, and we won't make it out the next time, plus that ship back there… isn't even their largest. OH! That reminds me." She then slugs Yug in the shoulder. "You're welcome!"
Yug rubbed his shoulder, and said. "For wat!?"
"For saving our butts! If I let you drive we'd be space dust by now! You're a bad driver."
Yug just continued to rub his arm, but then he said. "Any ways… What do you meant that ship back there wasn't their largest?"
Nickie sat down in one of the passenger seats behind the co-pilot's chair. "Well my dear Friend 'Yug' that ship that was chasing us was a Dreadnought-Class Heavy Cruiser. Old design, but still very powerful for it's size of 600 meters. I've read Imperial reports stating they have an Old Clone Wars era CIS Providence class dreadnought! The big version!"
"There's two versions? My history teacher missed to mention that."
"Yeah the standard model was about 1.08 kilometers, but the larger version was around 2.3 of 2.5 kilometers! It's crazy powerful!"
Yug stroked his small chin beard, then said. "Alright I'm now considering those upgrades."
"YES!"
"But as a last resort. In the meantime we need to hire some muscle."
"From where?"
The MoonRay then came out of hyperspace, and before them was a small Imperial Outpost but it wasn't the outpost they were seeing, it was the massive Space station behind it.
Yug pointed at the station, and said. "There. Telos IV. I'm sure we'll find someone there." Yug stood up, but Nickie pushed him back down.
She gave him a wink, and said. "I'll drive."
After the MoonRay was docked, and we were on the station we began our hunt for some muscle. At first they passed through residential, a flea market until the found what they were looking for: A Cantina.
When we walked in Yug said. :"Let me handle this. I'm an expert at talking to other humanoids." He then walked up to the bartender who was a short Female Zebrak. Nicie couldn't tell what they were saying as they were too far away. At first it seemed like it was going fine, then the Zebrak started getting angry shouting something at him. Yug said something back nodding, then retreated back to Nickie. "What the hell was that all about?"
Yug shrugged. "She said she doesn't know what I meant, and when I tried to clarify she must have heard me wrong, and got angry. Wat now?"
Nickie nodded, and then said as she rolled up her sleeves. "Let me handle this."
"Nickie don't do anything you'll regret!"
Nicie walked up to the bartender looking like she was looking for a fight. The bartender just stared at Nickie. They sat there for a few minutes before Nickie said. "Listen, me and my comrade are looking for some Muscle, if you know what I mean, for hire. Hear anything like that just send them over to us." She then pointed at an empty table. 'We'll be over there."
She the walked over to the table, and waved Yug over. She gave the waitress bot her order as Yug sat down, and politely declined. 'What happened?"
"I told her what's up, then came over here to sit down, and wait."
Yug shrugged, and said. "Seems simple enough."
Hey ended up waiting for about 2 hours, and Nicie didn't know how much more drinks she could have before blacking out. As she picked up another bottle Yug said. 'I think you've had enough Nickie. You're going to hurt yourself."
Slurring her words Nickie said. 'You don't know nothin. Stop acting like you're doctor, or somethin. I was trained by countless people on the art of holding down your drink!"
Yug shook his head. "Nickie two things: One: I am a Doctor, and two: You weren't trained for this." Yug sighed, and rested his head on the table. "This is tiresome. Why do we need to look for 'muscle' I mean you served 12 years in a brutal war, you should be all we need!"
Nicie then said. "Ok two things Yug; One: we promise not to talk about my past, and two: My past career means nothing when we being shot at by a Heavy Cruiser."
The table they sat at was meant for three, but the man who sat down in the third seat should probably get another one. Not for he's fat, but for the opposite.
The large man seemed to be Human which caught Yug by surprise as he's HUGE, and Nicie just stared at her bottle wondering if she did in fact have too many drinks.
The large man simply picked up one of the unopened bottles Nickie had ordered, and rank form it before saying (in a Russian accent). "This shit is no way ear a good as my Homeland's. It's like Nerf piss." He then drank the rest of the nearly full bottle in hone gulp. He then belthed, and looked at Nickie, then back to Yug, then to Nickie, to go back to looking at Yug. "Which one of you is Captain?"
Yug then said, stumbling over his words. "Uh I am, but just who are you?"
The man then started to laugh before saying. "Oh I almost forgot. How rude. "My Name is Rasputin, and heard you're looking for some muscle to hire."
Nickie nodded. "Yup. He's Muscle alright." She then turned to Yug. "Do we take him?"
Yug tapped his fingers on the table, and then said. "I don't know. I was thinking more in the line of a ship, not a large man, and-"
"Rasputin as ship…. Well kinda."
Yug rubbed his temples before saying. 'Let ,me guess… It's impounded somewhere, and we're going to have to help you break it out. Sorry Rasputin, but me, and my crewmate aren't into doing illegal-"
"It's not impounded… Well shouldn't be. It's an experimental ship. Designed to be attached to any kind of medium freighter, of something along hier size, and turn it into a heavy gunship! Completely legal. You said you have problem with a Heavy Cruiser, well my ship will give you the armor, shields, and weapons needed to either fight them, or fight them long enough to escape."
Nickie, and Yug exchanged looks, and then Nickie said. "What's your price big man?"
Rasputin laughed again, and then said. "All I want is bed to sleep in, food to eat, and drink." He picked up one of the many empty bottles, and said. "Stuff that's stronger than this Nerf piss."
Yug nodded. "Very well Rasputin. You're hired. Is there anyone else with you, of-"
"No Rasputin is alone., and travel with lightly. We can leave whenever you wish… Captain."
"PLease don't call me that. It's weird."
Rasputin smiled. "Good. Cause I don't like calling small men that either."
