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The Derelict, a massive space transport suited to carry up to 150,000 passengers with over 30 pilots. You are a passenger on this ship, currently holding approximately 80,000 people. The ship is going to Xesos in the Albatross system. Xesos is home to many attractions, the Universal Science Academy, the Alliance Military Institute, and ATOMIC (Advanced Tactical Organic Machine Industrial Complex) being a few. As you travel, you hear an alert on the intercom. The co-pilot says, "There's some obstacles ahead, we'll need to come out of FTL (Faster Than Light) Flight for a few moments to avoid the debris, we'll have a slight delay of about ten minutes, sorry for the inconvenience." The intercom then disconnects. Several passengers secure their safety belts. The flight attendants check all of the passenger's safety belts and each com to the pilots to tell them so. A warning light flashes and suddenly, the ship comes out of FTL flight. The asteroid field ahead was small, but still an obstacle, no real task for an experienced pilot. About halfway through the debris field, the ship was rocked by blaster fire! The engines were disabled and the ship stopped, dead in space. There was silence for a few moments, then the clattering of another ship connecting it's boarding ramp to the airlock. Several heavy thuds, followed by footsteps hit the metal ground before several pirates broke down each passenger section door with guns shouting things like, "On the floor," and "We're taking this ship!" You rush to the floor as commanded and then...