Chapter 6
Twenty years earlier…
Seated behind the pilot and co-pilot, Dash braced himself as the assault ship dropped out of jump space. The scanner lit up with hundreds of enemy contacts. Some started moving immediately, closing in on Dash’s lone assault ship. The fighters alone would make mincemeat of his ship, and many larger ships backed them up.
“Come on… come on…” Dash muttered. “Where are you?”
The seconds stretched on and the pirate fighters raced towards them. Then, finally, the display started to flare blue as more and more Imperial ships dropped out of jump.
“Sorry, Sir,” the pilot said. “We must have jumped too early. The cavalry’s here now.”
“Thank the stars!” Dash replied. “It’s still going to be tough, though.”
“Yes, Sir. We’ll get you through. Don’t you wor
