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”They have us trapped,” the XO and last remaining Rat other than himself replied, his voice almost incredulous that Leto didn’t know what he was talking about. ”They’re going to close in on us and kill us all.”
“You just heard the transmission, they got the shields down,” Leto replied back angrily. He wasn’t quite sure why he was angry.
”They’re too late,” Sefu said hopelessly. ”They’re not going to-“
A section of the frigate exploded next to them as a Star Destroyer turbolaser bolt tore into the medical ship. The shields of his fighter flashed into the red as the shockwave of the blast struck them, knocking them out of their flight path. Shrapnel collided with his fighter, tearing holes in his shield and shredding into his fighter. His inertial dampeners failed, the full force of the blow causing one of the straps holding him to his chair to snap and his upper body to collide violently into the electronics. His head snapped against the canopy, and for a second his vision went white before the pain started to register. He reached up delicately to pull the helmet from his head, a long crack splitting down its side where it had absorbed the blow. There was a warm iron taste in his throat and mouth, and it took him a moment to realise it was his own blood.
Leto Tariq, Epics Infinities