Goshawk rises like a rocket, zipping past smaller Cutters and clouds and defense balloons as she goes!  One frigate manages to get into position to fire at her, but the angle is poor (for them) and the shots fly past without coming close enough.<br/><br/>(<em>Frigate Attack of 13 &lt; Goshawk Defense of 16</em>)<br/><br/>The same cannot be said of the frigate, as Barra's unskilled example spurs the Red Corset Brigade to better effort on their own behalf...and the few shots fired in passing prove to be good.<br/><br/>(<em>Goshawk Attack of 10 &gt; Frigate Defense of 6.  They rolled poorly.</em>)<br/><br/>The frigate swiftly falls behind, slowed by the damage, and Goshawk has a free shot at one of the alternate gates out of this system!<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Captain Maroon</span></strong><br/><br/>Looking back for a moment, Maroon feels her heart sink as an all-too familiar sight meets her eyes.  No, not the destruction of another port, nor even an Imperial attack.  Worse: the dread form of Tiger Lily, the personal warship of the Dread Space Pirate Yuki-yuki, is likewise free and clear of port and running for another gate!  No telling what that damn fuzzball is going to do next...<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Evy'la</span></strong><br/><br/>Standing by to repel any boarders, and perhaps disappointed that none have arrived to meet his righteous fury, the enthusiastic brawler gets a good look at the huge monitor behind the massed frigates: it's Behemoth.<br/><br/>He's seen that thing in action before, or something like it, in the Absurdium campaign some years back.  Behemoth is the reason that there's now just an asteroid belt where Absurdium once was.  If there was any doubt that the Empire was kidding around, it vanishes from his mind at the sight of the massive bombard!