"Captain we have found another escape pod."
"Blow it up then." As soon as the command was given, the sound of plasma cannons roared to life and fired on the defensless escape pod which was torn apart in seconds. The captain made another scratch on the arm of his chair, which had many scratches in it. The name of this Captain, was Dread Pirate John Ceptem or "Throat Biter" as his men liked to call him. He is a fox with snow white fur and piercing yellow eyes. He wore a black leather jacket with the sleeves cut off and and blue denem jeans. He lost both his arms in a fight with the old captain and had them replaced with new bionic arms. He was fairly young for a pirate captain as he was still in his early twenties, but no one dared question his skill or his cruelty.
The only crew member that didn't fear him was his first mate, Marrel Varisia, his true and possibly only friend on this vessel. She was a Quilton, which is race known for their psionics. She appears as most of the females of her race do, having soft black skin, four red eyes, no obvious mouth, a head of long tentacles that act as hair, jacked legs and a long tail (basically legs like sort of like raptors). Most of the crew avoided her as she was the strangest member of the crew, but John didn't care. Ever since they meet they have been unseperatable, even now they enjoy watching the destruction of the life pods.
"So my captain, is that the last of that petty ships crew? I'm getting rather bored hunting down a few stragglers." John heard Marrel speak into his mind. While hard at first, he had eventually gotten used to her telepathy and was even able to think back his responce.
"According to the computer there were 10 pods that had been launched and we've only found 9. You know we don't leave any survivors of any crew when we go looting." John thought back.
"Fine...but make it quick, i want to get back to the shipping docks before they run out of drinks."
"Alright my dear, i will make this as quick as i can." John stopped thinking to Marrel and started giving commands outloud.
"Alright men i want that last pod found. Anyone who's found anything speak up now."
"Captain! I found it! If we keep heading our course we'll be right on top of it." The navigator said from his station.
"Good then keep on..."
"One more thing Captain, the life pod seems to be inside another ship."
"Then we must make haste. Ready the plasma cannons, i want both the ship and the life pod destroyed quickly. Me and my first mate want to have drinks soon." John looked up at Marrel and took her hand in his. Her face turned a little grey which is her species equivalent to blushing. The crew was used to this behavior.
"Aye aye Captain!" The main deck crew said in unison as they prepared for a possible ship battle.