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You hurtle downwards, at a 90 degree angle to the ground, trying to pass between the two flaring balls of plasma, but you have misjudged it and one of them slams into your forward hull, engulfing your ship in boiling plasma. Lose 2 Shield defence points or 1 Armour point. If your ship's defences have fallen below zero turn to 90. If you have survived, the ship bucks wildly but the gyros, whining shrilly, manage to right it. The plasma dissipates. You engage the booster thruster and surge forward over the fortress, but a missile launcher has been tracking you and three sleek and deadly dart-shaped missiles fly from the launchers. Turning in unison, they streak towards you, hot on your trail, and closing fast, only metres away. Will you: