I couldn’t take evasive maneuvers, having to keep my nose locked onto the jump point, so I just kept us powering ahead as fast as I could, hoping to survive long enough to make the jump. Then… A rapid beeping sounded, followed by, “Missile warning.” My eyes darted down- the red symbols of 3 missiles sat on my HUD, each with a red circle around them that rapidly shrank to three quarters of a circle, then half, then a quarter as the missiles grew near. “Missiles!” I yelled, in case Mister Fields hadn’t heard the beeping, and began dumping countermeasures. Typically I’d take immediate hard evasive action but I was so close to making the jump and didn’t think I’d get another chance at it- would the countermeasures be enough? Could I decoy the missiles off? “On it!” he answered back, reorienting the turret to face our rear, trying desperately to shoot them down...