Time to channel your inner 80's action hero, Tython Squadron! During a routine diplomatic mission for the Vatali, for which you and (if you wish) a few of your squadron-mates were assigned as escorts, a band of ruthless pirates have boarded the ship, and taken your charges as hostages!

With the buccaneers in control of the vessel, the guards incapacitated or killed, and the diplomats you were assigned to guard being held in the heart of the ship, it falls to you to evade capture, and try to either signal the Praxeum for aid, or take matters into your own hands.

** In 500 words or more, write a Fiction about how you succeed or fail on your mission. Do you successfully rescue the hostages, or are some (or even all) of them executed?

** Grading will be done using the Standard Fiction Rubric, with all who place in the top three receiving appropriate Crescents.

I look forward to your responses, Tython Squadron!