[h3]Edge of Delaron System, 1545 shiptime, 
Aboard the 'Strax'[/h3]
A solid fifteen minutes of listening to music not necessarily to his taste, Xioxas almost sigh with relief when the Strax came out of hyperspace and through the gate on the edge of the Delaron System.
[b]"Cool, can we put my music back on now, or are you still keen on listening to this techno-punk garbage?"[/b] Xioxas asked, to no avail when he heard the response: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dfb8ZVR-zc]the next song playing[/url]. [b]"Man, come on..."[/b]
He then noticed something on the radar as he engaged sub-light speed. A small blip. Within sight too.   [b]"Hold up... That's the corvette that was in front of us in line."[/b] His passenger made a little suggestion, to which Xi rolled his eyes. [b]"Fuck off, unlike you, I understand a semblance of diplomacy."[/b] With that, he sent a request for communication to the corvette.

After a moment, the request was received and accepted as a commlink was established.
[b]"Uhm... Hello?"[/b] Xioxas' brow furrowed at how-- firstly-- naive and young the pilot sounded.
[b]"This is Xioxas Azalon aboard the Strax-- The custom military-grade destroyer behind you,"[/b] Xioxas began by introducing himself. [b]"I just wanted to open up communications to see if you're headed to the same place I am, and before we both get any ideas, that we have a truce until then."[/b] There was a pause on the line.

[b]"O-okay,"[/b] the pilot replied. [b]"A-are you headed to the Terran research station too?"[/b] Xioxas didn't bring it up first just in case this kid, as he could tell so far, didn't turn around and make a mistake he'd regret. Again; naive as he thought. 
[b]"Yeah, but I'm not too cutthroat about it. Besides, it'd be nice to have a travel buddy, you know?"[/b] As his passenger made a snide comment, Xioxas switched communication lines. [b]"You're the exception you fuckin' tin can!"[/b] he hissed. 
[b]"-- I think so too, I just... I wasn't expecting to run into anyone so... Nice?"[/b] the pilot was replying as Xioxas switched back his communication lines.

[b]"Hey, if I don't have to kill anyone beside who I'm really after, you're doing me the real favour here. Keep your comm line open and stick by me, yeah?"[/b] Xioxas requested. [b]"We'll at least get there in one piece. After that, friendly competition between us, sound fair?"[/b] 
[b]"Yeah! Sounds good!"[/b] Xioxas sighed off comm as the corvette slowed down until it was in line with the Strax.
[b]"Kid's too young for this kind of thing. He shouldn't be here."[/b] Listening to his passenger, Xi's brow furrowed, only slightly this time with worry rather than annoyance. [b]"You know, it's actually really sad that you think that's a solution. I hope I can change that."[/b] 
[h3]Edge of Delaron System, 0930 synced time
Nearby Asteroid Cluster[/h3]
[i]Blip. Blip. Blip.[/i]

[b]"Hey Roxa; you seeing this?"[/b] one voice asked.
[b]"Mm... Breakfast."[/b]
[i]Blip. Blip.[/i]
[b]"Hell yeah, it's about time..."[/b] a different voice praised.
[b]"Alright you three, that shit-heap ain't gonna salvage itself. To it then!"[/b] a voice with more authority ordered.
[i]BLIP. BLIP. BLIP.[/i]

As the asteroid revolved, the four pilots geared their fighters into ignition and the hangar doors slid open. With the target propelling through space in view, they launched from their ship attached to the asteroid like stinging wasps from a hive. They hurtled toward the seemingly-helpless ship, propelled just by inertia alone. 
[b]"Looks like someone got lazy. Let's remind them to stay awake in the cockpit, yeah?"[/b]
[b]"You got it, Bawss. Tino, Lex; you know what to do!"[/b] Roxa relayed. The fighters assembled formation as they flew at the oncoming ship. They then pulled up in opposite directions, arranged like a crosshair around the ship. Suddenly, pairs of reinforced cables with grappling hooks shot out from each fighter, lodging into the ship. With just one fighter, the cables might have snapped. But with four, the group dampened the ship's momentum as soon as the cables tensed with a flicking motion.