Vector to Infinity

I had the opportunity to ponder what had transpired

 

The target was much more entrenched than I had anticipated

 

Entrenched all right....in Darkness

 

This wasn't just a foe

 

It was a spreading foulness, a cancer

 

R6 had reported to me that the surrounding systems were decimated

 

Whole civilizations uprooted and moved offworld, resources pillaged

 

"It is a terrible thing we have encountered, R6."

 

The little droid echoed his concurrence

 

We had reached a point on our trip back

 

Where the threats laid behind, distant

 

But the lingering rumblings of past combat oppressed my mind

 

It was not enough to parlay this information to the unit

 

I would have to press them hard to continue the fight

 

The RMFF will was strong, but I feared they knew not the real threat

 

I had seen the carnage firsthand

 

On many occassions now, I had felt the target's Dark wrath

 

"I must convince them, R6."

 

We entered our system, and I finally relaxed

 

"Home."

 

One of the sentry A-Wings pulled alongside

 

"Welcome back, Kit."

 

I waved weakly at the pilot

 

"Command was beginning to worry."

 

He smiled mockingly at me

"Did you have fun?"