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"This way now, no time to waste!" Captain Beth yelled as he pushed his tentacles into the ground, sending himself flying into the Duchess's open hanger door.

"Wait!" Yuwen yelled as over their heads laser bullets flew. "This is insane, I can't follow you!"

"It's them or me, young tuff," Captain Beth explained as he entered the ship's elevator, in the center of the hanger. "You decide what's wisest." And with that the elevator's doors flung closed. A second later Beth was up in the first floor of the Duchess, the command deck. The walls and ceiling of the deck were made of glass, revealing the chaos on the docking bay beyond. Captain Beth ran up to the pilot's wheel and, from the dashboard, began to power the ship up. "Please work, by Neptune," Beth muttered to himself as he pressed down, hoping that the Duchess could do the impossible and manage to lift off. Suddenly, the ship's engine revved, and it slowly began to raise from the ground.

"Yes!" The Captain roared. "Time to show these Alliance pigs what the Duchess can do!"