Red looked out over the fallen attack cruiser trying to maintain his composure.
“ES 39 is on its way to pick you up. Just sit tight,” Lorin advised. “It’s all over now, my friend. You and Lora can come home and start a new life. Just hang in there.”
Red returned to the landing platform and waited for ES 39. When it arrived he loaded his fighter aboard and then watched as the image of Earth’s Destiny grew smaller and smaller as they flew off to rendezvous with ES 52. There, they’d wait to see how events unfolded on Earth. When he finally made it back to ES 52 hours later, Lora was there to greet him. They kissed passionately and then joined a party in progress; the crew was celebrating the end of the Purist Fleet and the demise of Evohn Cystrom and Rupra Bruda.