Kaira could tell that Tarkus was worried. He was running through the final checks before they left jump space. His movements were sharp, precise, almost aggressive, and he was leaning forward.
Kaira knew the displays well enough now, those she could see from her seat beside Tarkus, to tell that the Glimmer’s shields were at full but the weapons weren’t charged. That made sense, they wanted to run, not fight.
“Ready to go spit in their eyes?” asked Tarkus.
“Oh yes!” replied Kaira. “I just wish I could do it for real.”
“If the Glimmer was more of a combat ship we could do it with our weapons, but we’ll just have to settle for heading off and leading them on a chase they can never win. All right… here we go.”
Tarkus activated the controls and the Glimmer started to transition back t
