Not all aliens are nice guys!

We drop off the Jawas and their stuff, we get our ship back. Then he starts dropping bad news bombs - and I mean that literally as apparently every single opening on the ship is set to explode if there is any movement or disruption of the charges, but no droids are on board. Just as we begin to take in that information, an attack formation drops in.
 
"Shields up Spook!" I bark the command. Then I take some time to look at the incoming and notice some sensor beacons left by the Jawas. I ask Spook if she could hijack the beacon and use it to pretend another fleet is coming in behind us. Spook can't make that happen. Then So'Zen starts chatting up the dudes.
 
While they are distracted Spook and I move away from the Kylo Star a bit and get behind the nearest beacon. So'Zen pulls his Jedi mind tricks and the hostiles leave, but now we are left with the bomb problem on the Kylo Star. Then Spook starts beeping a bit and I check on her. She thinks she detected a ship to ship communication signal and I tell her to focus on the Kylo Star since it must be involved.
 
We decide to fly out that way and see if we can find out what that communication signal was all about. We do a quick five-minute flight towards the sun since there is nothing else really out here that might be involved in a signal. When we stop and scan again, then we catch a burst and are able to determine that it is coming from the last planet. I warn Vanya that we are off to investigate and we hyperjump to that planet.
 
When we arrive I get a mostly complete mayday that indicates the Kintan Pilgram was attacked by unknown ships, has a damaged comm system, and is leaking atmosphere. I immediately scan to determine where and what damage there is and if there are any ships around. There are three unusual ships that appear to be organic in nature with a cockpit that is on a ball hinge so the entire ship can change and shift direction with instant turning. Also looks like each one has six pairs of turbo lasers. Now what?
 
I contact So'Zen to talk to them and he refuses! They are headed towards the shuttle and Kylo Star though so it is going to be a problem sooner rather than later. Then the ships resume firing on the Pilgrim. One shot hits the aft engines - which had already been damaged - and there is some purplish ichor that starts eating away the ship. I open a hail to try and distract them and attempt to fly an intercept course.
 
"Hey, Asshole! Stop firing and talk to me!" A really weird looking dude with tentacles on the bottom half of his face. He is not respectful at all so I fire a photon torpedo and that stupid ship just flows out of the way. He is not impressed. I suggest he bring his friends over and try to show me a good time. I ask Spook to set up a hyperjump to the other side of Kiskua where the others are. I suggest they catch me if they can and jump. Only two of the ships follow me.
 
We enter normal space and they are both on top of me and fire missiles directly at me. I manage to dodge them and taunt him about buying me dinner first and then the missiles turn around and one almost hits me, but an ore hauler jumps into the system and I fire my electronic countermeasures. The ore hauler complains about getting fired on and I suggest they haul out of the system. Sadly, one of the ships turns from attacking me and goes after the ore hauler. Their engines are hit by that same purplish ichor is eating their engine. I break off from the boss guy and contact the ore hauler to see what help they need to get out of system. I suggest they fire back and they do and manage to hit the enemy. I notice that the shields flicker for a second so I coordinate with the ore hauler for them to fire again and then I will follow up as the shields flicker. We manage to do that, but even though I hit his ship, I can't tell if I did any damage. Then the ore hauler suggests that they drop a crate of the ore they are carrying - mexilite- for me to fire on to get it to explode and maybe take out one or both of the ships.
 
We put their plan into action and it does take out the one ship that had been attacking the ore hauler. It also takes down my shields for a bit, but I manage to fly around the blast radius. The ore hauler gets their hyperdrive online and they jump out then I am dodging fire from the boss again and again and again. He manages to take down my shields and my photon firing ability. This guy is not funny and who would want to hunt and eat other intelligent people.
 
We exchange comments and blaster fire for a few rounds and then I manage to take down his shields and get a photon into his hull. He starts leaking energy of some kind and he sends out a distress call. I try the same trick again and again my turbolasers miss, but the photon hits - and he explodes! That is two down, one to go so I hyperspace jump to the Pilgrim to attempt to finish this.
 
I jump in to where the Pilgrim is and it has caught up with the Kylo Star. I get a message from Vanya as we enter normal space and she says:
 
:static: tell Spook :static: hacking :static: steal credits :static: low gravity
 
I pass the message to Spook and he thinks he can hack their ship systems to accumulate some credits while he plays with their artificial gravity. He tries, but there is a lock on that system. I take a couple of shots and miss with the first one, but I hit the second time and make the shields flicker. Just then the Kylo Star fires and it hits as well which manages to create an energy leak.
 
I take another shot and he dodges and then heads towards the Kylo Star. I swoop over the top of him and get ready to fire, but he gets in a shot first and I manage to dodge. Then I get in a shot and at least hit him. Then missiles slam into my X-wing and error messages flow for every system. The purplish ichor is on one of my engines and I grab some fire impression gear to see if it will stop the spread and save Spook. I pop the canopy and start spraying for dear life while I shout for help from my pals.
 
Then I see the other ship is out of control and heading directly for me. I rush back to the pilot seat and use the solitary maneuvering jet I have left and manage to turn my poor ship to use the repulsor lifts to push it away - and me directly towards the moon. Then the Kylo Star grabs and begins pulling the ship away from me just as Spook begins to yell as the ichor enters her compartment. I haul ass back to her area and keep spraying the fire suppression foam and manage to freeze it. Then I use a crowbar to pry it off the hull. Spook is a bit upset until I give her permission to accumulate their credits.
 
I manage to limp back to the Kylo Star.