Loyalty was the last quality you'd ever expect from pirates.
The moment they sensed real danger, the majority of those advancing toward me followed my warning without hesitation. One after another, they powered down their weapons and disabled their generators, shutting their ships down in an instant.
Then came the white flag—or to be more precise, the encrypted control codes to their mainframes—symbols of their total and unconditional surrender.
"Good!"
Out of all the ships in the area, about 67% caved without putting up a fight.
Without wasting even a heartbeat, I locked onto every ship that remained operational and unleashed a barrage, striking them down one after another. A second wave of fiery explosions lit up space, closely observed by those who had already surrendered—relieved it wasn't them.
After all, they could vividly imagine being next if they'd hesitated.
