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Exhausted but victorious, Princess Marie makes for Scoria with her newly-won prizes. The Contritum seems as empty as the pirate base, and Marie's battered convoy crosses through unchallenged.
The last stones of the Contritum are soon behind them.
When they make orbit above Scoria a shuttle is sent up to meet the Columba Dei, and Marie is soon back in the halls of the Space Marine stronghold.
Provision-Master Pluvius reads Marie's scant inventory to her from his dataslate.
"Hrm... I've listed these by cross-referencing capacity with armament. At the top of the list is the Perdition's Fury, of course. Estimated time to complete repair is six weeks."
"I don't think we have that much time."
Pluvius looks from the princess back down to his slate and continues. "Then there's the Shining Scourge, it still has some minor damage left from an exchange near Ygnir before it was called back to Scoria. Estimated time to complete repair is nine days. The Ecumenical Blade, hrm... quite an extensive list of systems needing replacement. Estimated time to repair, four weeks. We aren't even sure how to classify the Columba Dei." Pluvius's eyes scan his dataslate. "The Iuvenis, looks like it needs a new aft stabilizer? Estimated time to complete repair is three days."
"What about the attack shuttles?" Marie hopes Provision-Master Pluvius can't detect the irritation in her voice. If he can, he isn't showing it and simply looks back down at his slate.
"Hrm... there's the attack shuttle you brought from Bastius. That's being repaired right now. Should be fully repaired by tomorrow morning. we have five attack shuttles of our own, all in working order. Although one seems like it could use a fuel pump overhaul."
Marie smiles at Pluvius. "What I could use is a list of the craft in the pirate fleet."
The Provision-Master looks up from his dataslate at the princess. "Hrm... I don't have that information."
"Yer majesty!" Marie turns as Kess enters the room with Valorus. "We just intercepted a vox from the pirates."
Marie stands. "Well?"
"Beg pardon, yer majesty. More ships will be arriving to join the pirate fleet within the week."
>Remain above Scoria and double the repair effort
>Launch a surprise attack on the pirate fleet now
>Write-in
