Tanya

Tanya was slammed back into her crash seat as Starfire converted from jump and her fusion thruster once again found purchase upon the tangibly solid vacuum, and the incomprehensible laws of inner space were left behind. Confusion was once again exchanged for the regular, understandable and immutable laws of the known physical Universe. Tanya slammed the stick over sideways in anticipation of the incoming plasma cannon fire that she knew would momentarily be pouring back in her direction as soon as Felone’s recognition program identified Starfire. The merest touch would be sufficient to destroy her little Starfire and Tanya with it, which necessitated the extreme maneuvers, and the sudden inertial change nearly took her consciousness from her as she pushed Starfire and herself to their mutual breaking points. The little ship shuddered and groaned under the intense lateral stress, but Starfire was a strong ship. Somehow Tanya herself retained that tiny pinpoint of the visible universe to which her awareness was suddenly constricted, her vision tunneling, blackness closing in from all sides and consciousness trying to flee as she forced Starfire to slew sideways and down upon the freighter, and then the monstrous ship’s many plasma cannons were pouring their green plasma back at her, the green fire barely missing. The plasma flew straight as an arrow but as Starfire slewed to the side it appeared to Tanya’s senses as if the plasma was curving away from her.