Esterus Marvor reclined in the seat of his PPX starcruiser, a more than capable interstellar craft, and wallowed in the self-gratification of a job well done. After successfully receiving the “goods” from his contact on the surface and evading the orbital auto-patrol, Esterus and G-hax, his “modified” android companion, had more than enough to be proud about.

G-hax, a humanoid based droid, manned the helm of the craft while Esterus smoked contentedly on his cigar. He was running through all the standard protocol of extra-solar travel and surprisingly enough, everything was in working order. G-hax, used to the illogical and risky antics of Esterus, still isn’t used to the amount of dumb luck his superior seemed to come across.

Already detecting the fluctuations in the ships hard drive, G-hax was aware of the three hostile bogeys even before the detectors sounded out. Seemingly, they weren’t as lucky as he had thought. Bolting upright at the ‘blip’ of the detector, Esterus was ready as the enemy closed in…