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“f**k!” Sparky, strapped into the seat next to him, spat. “She’s right. And we’re almost down to vapor on the fuel. We’re out of options, big man. Any ideas?”
Zero’s lips compressed into a thin line. He didn’t need to check the systems to know they were both telling the truth. As soon as he’d slid into the pilot’s seat and taken control, he’d known they had a snowball in hell’s chance of beating the three human ships. All they could do was evade and delay the inevitable.
Well… almost all they could do.
“Conserve fuel and ammo,” he ordered, adjusting the ship’s systems on the fly. Opening airlocks and depressurizing whole areas, he increased efficiency so their fuel would go further. At the same time, he used the long-range sensors to plot a course through the asteroid field. Multitas
