Freya and the woman named Zard had already strapped themselves into acceleration seats. Freya had taken the seat at the controls. Lifeboats were for the most part autopiloted vessels designed to be computer controlled for the passengers safety. The controls could be over ridden in case of an emergency but the controls were very limited.
The lifeboats computers sputtered to life when the boat was opened and the boats sensors scanned the nearby system for a safe place to land.
Text scrolls across the screen.
System scanning, scanning, scanning...
The launch countdown never ceased ticking off the seconds and the computerized voice continues to reiterate the need for the passengers to take their seats. The gunslinger Tristan enters the lifeboat followed quickly by the Vrusk. Both secure their bags into hanging nets and take their seats.
Over and over again the computer relays the urgency that the lifeboat is about to launch.
"An evacuation emergency has been declared. 25 seconds to launch. Please take a seat and fasten seat your belt. An evacuation emergency has been declared. 20 seconds to launch. Please take a seat and fasten your seat belt. An evacuation emergency has been declared. 15 seconds..."
Just then, Wilhelm and Tyrell appear at the door of the lifeboat with a cart full of luggage and shipping containers which they quickly start throwing through the door onto the floor of the lifeboat.
"Lifeboat door will automatically close in 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5...."
Tyrell and Wilhelm basically crash the loaded down cart into the door and the bags careen across the floor of the boat. The two board the lifeboat falling to the floor.
They all suddenly hear yelling in the lifeboat bay. A group of a half dozen pirates enter the lifeboat bay, firing lasers and gyrojet rifles. Some are wearing personal armor and one has a heavy laser on a gyro-stabilization mount. A laser blast streaks through the closing door hitting very near Tyrell. They feel the lifeboat shudder and lurch as the heavy laser strikes the lifeboat as well as a number of gyrojet rounds. Gyrojet rounds ricochet around the inside of the lifeboat. Several indicator lights suddenly start flashing in the console.
"4, 3, 2, 1. Lifeboat door sealing. Prepare for launch."
The lifeboat door shuts with a swish and the boat launches into space.
The angry yells of the pirates are lost in the vacuum of space and the sudden red flashing lights and alarms going off in the lifeboat.