*Finally they had found it. The crew of the<span style="font-style: italic">Scarlet Lady</span>had found her long sought quarry. A loaded for bear slaver ship with treasure. It wasn't a recapture, it was simply returning back to home port after selling off it's merchandise. And when the crew upon this ship was done with it, that slaver would be one less in the universe. *<br/><br/>*Naturally, in the best scenario, the slaver would have been completely without defense. As it was, this was not a favorable outcome, as the slaver turned port and aimed her heavy photon canons at the hull of the infamous pirate ship. It had made a strategic mistake in choosing the most direct route home, as it forced them to pass through space that did not allow slavery as a legal market. Which so happened to be the well timed space they were not in. If played correctly, the destruction of the ship would not only net the pirates the loot from within, it would also net them a large bounty.*<br/><br/>*The Slaver began her first volley, not nearly as maneuverable as the<span style="font-style: italic">Scarlet</span>but able still to get some close shots that rattled the hull of the craft and flew off to dissipate in the space afterwards. What was surprising was the delay in some of the canons that fired immediately after the first volley. Another round that caught the Pirates off guard for a moment and rocked the ship. The shields absorbed most of it, but still on that older vessel a few things sprung a leak, or fired out. The ship in need of some money or loot for upgrades. She was a great ship, but she was an old one.*<br/><br/>*Many systems screamed a warning, and the main tech aboard relayed his dire need for the engineer to get into the access tunnels and turn a few switches while he manned the panel to reroute the systems. It was at that moment another volley rang out across their shields and aforementioned Tech was thrown over a railing and crashed a about two full stories down onto a floor. If he was alive, he was unconscious and badly injured. Humans were not meant to fall such great distances after all. Which left the engineer to do the rerouting and shouting up at someone to turn those switches.*<br/><br/>*All the rest of the crew were sadly engaged. But he didn't know that. But there was someone aboard that did. And she knew what price would be paid if things were not handled right away. And it was with a quickness that none of the other crew would have been able to do, she navigated to the switches and clanged against the metal of the walls to let them know that someone was at the ready.*<br/><br/>*Another volley streamed it's way towards them, but the pirates were infamous for a reason. Far more prepared for a heavy battle than most, the<span style="font-style: italic">Scarlet Lady</span>bore down upon her intended prey.*