"Sir, we've lost starboard missile launchers!", said one of the tech officers.
"We'll just have to do without them, won't we?" Pinnard responded.
The Entdon entered the wormhole some time ago, and was being damaged by the wormhole.
"The captain didn't report any of this, you!", Pinnard screamed to the tech officer closest to him, but before Pinnard could even ask him anything, he already got the answer: "It might be because his shuttle was much tinier than the Entdon."
"Sir, we've detected an asteroid field and a nebulae beyond the wormhole, it might be dangerous.", a navigator said.
Pinnard was annoyed, another problem? "Get all our weapons armed, we will shoot our way through.", he said.
A few minutes later they left the wormhole, and what they saw wasn't something they'd see everyday: Asteroids were everywhere, there was a large nebulae in the far distance and except for this system's sun, there weren't any stars to be seen.
"Find the easiest path through the asteroids, blast your way through it and head for the planet right in front of us, officer,". Pinnard said.
He grabbed a microphone which was set to make his voice sound throughout the whole ship, and spoke, "We have now left the wormhole, and are headed towards the most habitable planet, where the one I am seeking most likely is. So I advice everyone to head towards your ship or designated transport, I will join you all soon.", he turned off the microphone, and left the bridge, once again returning to his quarters.
Once there, he grabbed a small, but heavy satchel and tied it to his belt.
He then grabbed another satchel and put some food and medicine in it.
After readying himself he went to sit down on his bed, although normally it didn't take long for him to be disturbed once again, this time it took at least an hour or so, when an officer from the bridge spoke through the intercom.
"Sir, we've reached the planet and are orbiting it now, should we launch the…What! Sir, we need you here now!"
He stood up, put on his cloak and ran through the corridors of his ship.
Every once in a while, he almost fell down because of a sudden tremor that went through the ship, and his attention was also taken to the red sirens that were lit up everywhere.
Once in the bridge, he immediately ran towards the officer that seemed to have taken control of the bridge in a quick effort to stop chaos.
"Officer, what is the problem?" Pinnard asked.
"We're being attacked by the asteroids!" He responded.
Pinnard walked towards the overseeing window and saw something he would've never imagined: Slowly every one of those asteroids started shaking, and thrusters appeared out of them, as well as cannons.
They all started flying towards the Entdon, shooting at it.
He realized it: Those things weren't asteroids, but a giant defense system.
"You, what's your name?" Pinnard asked the officer that stopped chaos from overtaking the bridge.
"Rykon, sir, Rykon Dynat.", he answered.
"I hereby promote you to captain, now, make sure those asteroid things are destroyed, do it anyway you can: Launch the fighters, empty all our reserves of missiles and torpedoes, and for all I care, stop them by jetting our garbage at them." Pinnard said, "I'll be heading to my shuttle, and will be heading towards the planet, now that I think about it, tell the fighter pilots to cover our approach."
"As you wish, sir! Good luck.", the freshly promoted captain said, but Pinnard was already gone before the captain ended that sentence.
Chaos was everywhere, the larger asteroids seemed to target the Entdon, while the smaller ones acted as fighters, destroying the shuttles and the fighters that were supposed to cover them.
"Sir, we've got two on our tail, they're getting ready to fire!" One of the two pilots controlling Pinnard's shuttle screamed.
"I know, just go on, according to these scanners, you have to pull up right…NOW!" Pinnard responded.
The shuttle made a perfect turn up, and made three asteroid fighters pound right into each other, resulting in pretty fireworks.
"Well done, pilot." Pinnard said.
"Thank you sir!" He responded.
"I see we're nearing the planet, how many shuttles are left?" Pinnard asked the co-pilot.
"According this, twenty-two shuttles…out of fifty-five." He responded.
By now, most of the shuttles were far away from the Entdon, but were still being followed by asteroid fighters.
Pinnard walked to the back of the shuttle, where some troops were sitting in chairs build into the wall, he sat down as well.
"Sir! We're hit!" the co-pilot screamed. "Keep it steady, make an emergency landing!" Pinnard answered.
"Sir, are we going to die? I know I shouldn't be afraid, but I never imagined myself dying in a shuttle crash in a system in the middle of nowhere.", the mercenary sitting next to Pinnard asked.
Pinnard looked at the man, a human, he must've had double shifts, because his eyes were similar to black holes, and sweat was running down his bald head.
"Probably, but do not fear, for the Force will protect you, through life and death." Pinnard answered.
He heard the voice of another mercenary to his other side, "I overheard that he's doing this for some human woman, he's killing us all for some random woman, we shouldn't be taking this!"
Pinnard turned his head around, it was a Bothan, but before he was able to speak, the Bothan stood up and drew a knife, "Damn you, I will kill you right here, right now, just so you can die a more painful death then we are about to!"
Pinnard stood up, and pointed one hand towards the Bothan, "Tell me, creature, how much do you like pain?", he asked.
"Wha…What?" The Bothan stuttered.
Before the Bothan could say any more, he started coughing, and fell down. Not soon after, he was no more.
"Let this be an example to anyone that wishes to defy me!" Pinnard screamed, he then sat down.
"We're about to enter the atmosphere, everyone hold on!", that was the last thing heard, before everyone lost conscience from the crash that soon followed…