Blasterfire impacted the bulkheads in a brilliant storm, red rain sizzling and popping as it discharged massive quantities of energy. The air crisped, heated, and charged, until everyone’s hair stood on end. Over the fiery din could be heard the crueler sounds of battle, the screams of pain and death as plasmatic power found all-too-vulnerable flesh. “Hold position men!” Captain Lorthan’s voice stood steady against that furious cacophony, rising through his shoulder-mounted comlink to reach his fellows. “We can’t let them push us out into the open!” Grenades. Some pirate shot it halfway. & & &