Sitting and waiting.  That was something that the crew of the warship in hiding inside the asteroid belts between the 6th and 7th planets was not all that great at.  Of course the prospects of how much money they could gain from the target ship was what kept them patiently waiting for the cruiser to leave the station around the main planet in the system.  At least the information that was provided to them by the captain of the military frigate turned pirate combat vehicle had said there would be enough for them to spend a couple months in a resort world on the rim, or hell, maybe the paradise planet Elysium in the Republic core worlds.<br/><br/>Those prospects were keeping most of them from chomping at the bit to get moving.  That, and the fact that they all trusted their captain and senior officers enough to wait for the trap that had been set up to be activated the target ship departed the station and approached trap.  The scanner buoy placed in space with an open line of sight strait to the station was watching the ship for when it departed and tried to make its way out of system.  The captain himself grinned at the thought of them even trying.<br/><br/>When the pirates had entered the system days ago, the frigate had been in the hold of a large freighter, an old Olympus class, which had a hold big enough to fit a ship in.  Of course no one but the pirates and the ship’s crew knew about the pirate ship that had been there.   That specific jump point was to much higher security star system, and a pirate ship would have been spotted and chased.  With it hidden inside a legitimate merchant vessel, they were not spotted.  After dropping the pirates off at the asteroid belt, it had continued to the station over the primary planets and then out of the system entirely.<br/><br/>After having been dropped off, the pirates had gone into the belt; they had begun setting up the trap itself.  Emitter beacons were released into the path the target ship to stop it if it tried to warp to a jump point at the edge of the system.  They would be triggered as the cruiser left the station and would make it seem as if the ship was trying to warp through a large asteroid.  The safety feature in all navigation computers made this possible.  Otherwise a warp would destroy a ship and kill everyone if it tried going through a solid object, that included planets, stars or any celestial bodies.  A perfect pirate trick that always worked because of the danger of disabling the safety system.<br/><br/>“Alright ladies.  Just a few more hours and our pay day will be right where we want it.  Hope your all ready for a vacation on a beach with lots of women in bikinis!”  Said the man sitting on the chair overlooking the half a dozen other stations that made up the bridge of the pirate Frigate, the Horizon.  The reactions of the people at the stations were completely affirmative, one even cheering a bit at the girls in bikinis comment.  That got some rolled eyes from the one woman on the bride, the one sitting on the chair off to the captain’s right that also overlooked the bridge.  “Just settle down for a bit.  As soon as she moves, that ship will be ours.”<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>