The story so far:
Aaron Damerson is a rogue on a mission. After discovering the alien he was hired to kill was actually an upstanding citizen and likely the only good person left on the entire planet of Aurorus-4. Aaron then stood up to his old friend Thenar, deciding to protect the man he was supposed to kill. Now, they are on the run from a number of hitmen hired to kill them both.
The story continues…
Aaron slammed the button for the com. “Who is this?”
“Just little old me,” the voice replied, “your old friend Thenar.”
Every hair on Aaron’s body stood on end and he could feel his teeth grinding involuntarily. “You… you…”
“My mother always taught me that if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything you would regret later.”
“What do you want?” Aaron hissed through clenched teeth.
“Just to tell you that there is no place you can go that we won’t find you,” Thenar’s voice was calm, especially for someone who had supposedly just lost his prey. “You think we wouldn’t put a tracking device on your ship first? All those flight plans you’re sending out. They’re just going to stall all the traffic around here for a couple minutes. By that time, my boys will already be well on their way to pick you up, wherever you decide to go.”
Porten looked around in fear, trying to find a way of escape. Aaron crouched under the control panel and ripped out a fistful of wires. The communications panel fizzled and the speaker swore in a staticky sort of way before dying out completely.
“Are you mad?” screamed Mileena. “You’re destroying the ship!”
“Only way to make sure they’re not listening. Mileena, you’re staying here, on this ship. Go back to ground. Porten and I will continue try to get away in my ship. This’ll at least buy us some time.”
Mileena’s eyes watered up. “You sure?” she whimpered as the tears started streaming down. “I’m afraid I’ll never see you again, daddy.”
Porten smiled, almost too widely for the situation, and hugged her tight. “Shh… it’s going to be all right. I’ve got the most capable bounty hunter in the quadrant on my side. No need to worry.” The smile became genuine as he chuckled to himself, “Already saved my life twice.”
“We need to go,” Aaron said, motioning for the air lock. “ANDI’s already waiting out there.”
Porten harrumphed, shaking himself to get his composure back. “Well, then,” he replied, “we had better be off.”
“Be safe,” Mileena whispered giving her father one last hug. “And Aaron,” she said, walking over to him and giving him a soft peck on the cheek, “good luck.”
Well, congratulations players! You have opened up a second storyline! Should Aaron and Porten continue to the Spice Belt, or should they continue to run? Or should they stop hiding and take the fight to the enemy? For goodness sake, Aaron’s strapped to the gills in his ship!
How should Mileena play off her part in all this? Where should she go? How can she help undermine the hunt for her father and Aaron?
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Dam and Porten should diligently find the tracking device and then head to Aurorus 3 and find a place to regroup and stock up on any items that they may need.
ReplyDeleteMileena should fly the ship around and try to outflank the baddies and gun them down. Or she should head back to her home and try to recruit some of her dad's "old" friends to help him out. Or both.
If Dam and Porten do choose to stay then they should set up various traps and other such things (see Swiss Family Robinson end fight).
ReplyDeleteMileena should go back to the planet and become and under-cover bounty hunter. No one really seems to know who she is, so if she lands without anyone seeing her get off they won't know she was with them in the first place. She should pretend to join with Thenar and warn the guys ahead of time to their plans. She doesn't seem very capable at this point, but it would be a nice surprise if she showed up later after she had established herself as a double agent to help them.
ReplyDeleteThe guys need to go somewhere to get away and regroup. There is no way they could possibly fight right now and win. Of course if they did, the story might be over. Something I learned in my lit class is that the protagonist always tries to make things better but ends up making them worse. This happens in every story before it is resolved. So maybe after they regroup Porten tries a strategy and it fails.