Pinned down

So it has come to this.

What was meant to be a routine flyover mission to gather intel on Emperor Artuhr's forces turned into a disaster. They detected me and landed a laser blast hit on my beloved Stralen cruiser, causing me to crash on the planet's surface.

My mission was to avoid capture and survive long enough to be rescued.

I gathered what I could from the wreckage, launched a rescue beacon, and started making it on foot through the badland marshes, avoiding the native Rodents of Unusual Size and keeping one step ahead of the warband dispatched to capture me.

"Are you going to be much longer?"

I laid traps and set decoys, but even an accomplished captain of the Ninth Dimension such as I could only hold out so long.

Artuhr's second-in-command, General Braeden, was personally leading the hunt. He's had a personal grudge against me since the Vinterra mission, and would love nothing more than to chain me up in a cell personally.

"Dinner is getting cold"

The showdown was about as epic as you could imagine. The bodies of six troops lay unconscious in my wake, but for every one I knocked out, three more appeared, and eventually I was overpowered and pinned to the ground.

"Brandon, get off your sister and come wash up for dinner."

"But MOM!"

"No buts. This game has gone on long enough. And tidy up your toys."

I was saved, and not a moment too soon. Upon my return to HQ, I received a hero's welcome, was treated to a feast of gammon, eggs and chips, with jelly and ice cream for afters, forced to have a much-needed bath, and retired to my chambers for some well-deserved sleep.

With 6 more weeks off school, where will Captain Elaraith adventure next?