On the Clock
I started to pull to port and dump flares, as before, but realized a split second later that an asteroid would prevent me from finishing my roll, so I veered back to starboard and attempted to roll that way instead. A great shudder shook my ship’s frame as a missile slammed into it and exploded, the shields absorbing most of the damage but at least some of the kinetic energy penetrating them and tearing into my forward left wing extension, the impact throwing me into my harness and nearly ripping my hands off the controls...