Lojji held onto his X-wing as it spun out of control. He could see the tie-fighter that hit him explode. Lights flashed, sirens blared, and his R3 shrilled through his comm. His shields seem to have taken most of the impact, but he could could see smoke pouring out from somewhere. His knuckles turned white as he squeezed the joystick trying to regain control.<br/><br/>"Saber!" he yelled to his R3. "Stabilize the ship!" Saber beeped and tooted and the X-Wing's spin came to a stop, but the momentum didn't. He was still moving full speed, towards the Mon Calimari cruiser. He pushed the throttle to max, but nothing happened. His ship was dead in the water. The smoke must have been coming from the engines. "Saber, get the engines back online!" he said frantically. His R3 booped in a depressed tone. "I don't have 5 minutes! I don't have 1!" He looked at the Mon Calimari, coming closer and closer.<br/><br/>"What's going on Lojji?" Ri, asked in a panic.<br/><br/>"I'm dead in the water, on a drift towards Yell. R3 is trying to get them back on."<br/><br/>"Alright, in the meantime I'll stick around and keep them off your back."<br/><br/>"Thanks Ri." It didn't make him feel any better, but it was always good to know Ri had his back. He had to think what his options were. He hated relying on a droid to get him out of a tight spot, but he had no choice. He could warn the cruiser, but they moved slow and wouldn't get out of the way in time. They weren't in danger as he'd probably just disintegrate in their shields, and he didn't want to compromise the mission by having them move out of position putting everyone else in danger. Though the last thing he wanted was for him to just die needlessly.<br/><br/>A tie fighter had it's sights on Lojji and barrel rolled towards him. His heart raced to his throat. "Ri, I got an eyeball coming on me fast!"<br/><br/>"Kinda busy!" she yelled over the Comm. He could make her out of the corner of his eye in a dog fight with an interceptor. The tie fighter was coming closer, and instinctively he fired his blasters; to his surprise they still worked. The tie fighter must have taken notice and did his best to avoid Lojji's crosshairs.<br/><br/>"Hey Saber, can you center me on the fighter with the jets?" R3 whistled and simultaneously the X-wing yawed and pitched towards the eyeball. The tie fighter was perfectly in his crosshairs and he opened fire- but the eyeball rolled out of the way. Saber did his best to compensate, but the fighter had the upper hand. The X-wing pitched, yawed, even rolled, but nothing could get it in sight. It was coming in close, and Lojji prepared himself for the inevitable.<br/><br/>Suddenly the Tie-Fighter exploded and Ri's X-wing flew through the blast. "You miss me?" Ri yelled into his comm.<br/><br/>His heart sunk back into his chest. "Cutting it a bit close Ri?"<br/><br/>"Sorry Lojji, but I haven't even lost my squint yet." The interceptor was close by behind Ri firing it's blasters, but not getting his target. She pulled a roll and yawed into a corkscrew, pulling a sudden nose-to-nose turn in an attempt to get the upper hand. It didn't work, and a few moments later the squint was back on her six firing at her.<br/><br/>"Ri, pull it into my crosshairs, I'll blast it," he told her.<br/><br/>"Copy that," she said with strain in her voice.<br/><br/>"Saber, keep me on that fighter," he said, and the X-wing moved around pointing itself to her tail. She came in close and he fired, the interceptor exploded.<br/><br/>"Thanks!" she yelled with excitement.<br/><br/>"We're not out of the water yet," he responded as he looked around, "we've got two more Ties coming on us, and this Cruiser isn't getting any smaller. How are the repairs going Saber?" Saber didn't respond with anything that gave him any confidence, in fact it was bad news, it was going to take too long.<br/><br/>He flipped his comm to the whole squad and spoke as fast as he could. "Rogue Three to anyone, my engines are out and I'm drifting towards Yell. Four and I have two squints heading towards us. If anyone can help, drinks are on me!"