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Clay threw his fighter to the side, dodging the concentrated fire of three enemy fighters and dragging his own weapons across the depleted shields of a fourth. It wasn’t enough to destroy his target, but he saw at least one thruster flare and fail.
That left the enemy fighter with no real options other than to try and get away. Without the speed or agility to match Clay staying in the fight would be suicidal. Now was when the fighter would try to run.
Except it didn’t. It stayed in the fight, sacrificing even more speed as it tried to turn to target Clay’s fighter. Clay shook his head even as he swung his ship through a complex figure eight which left him able to attack the damaged fighter again without it being anywhere near in position to return fire.
Moments later the enemy
