USS Aurora - Near Coruscant
The Captain of the Aurora was listening to the communications coming through, most of it gibberish until the language banks or Katie's genius could decipher any of it, her face was a mask of concentration - and it was not until they heard actual honest-to-god English that someone on the bridge "whooped," at least until a quick check found that there was no ship in the data banks with such a designation. The appearance of the two-and-a-half kilometre vessel next to them had made everyone rather nervous, so much so that Peter had almost balked and ordered the ship away.
So far he had refused to respond to the ship that was even speaking English, he wanted to get a lay of the land first, before jumping in where angels feared to tread. At this moment he was maintaining course, although he had ordered them to go to warp should things get hairy. As it stood they were moving fairly slowly, so much so that just about every vessel was overtaking them.
When the transmission from the military ships near the planet came through, he muttered, a little louder than he intended. "Yeah, like that's going to happen." In some ways he was not sure who it was for most, him, or his crew. Perhaps both?
"What are we going to do Captain?" inquired lieutenant Frank.
In fact he was hatching a plan as they spoke. And it was the Cheshire cat smile that unnerved them sometimes. "Well, we're going to let that big beastie pass us, and then us it as a shield between us and the military vessels near the planet, make an about turn and get the hell out of here. Any questions?"
"A sound strategy" confirmed Alara. She looked at the helmsman, "Under no circumstances raise shields or go weapons hot though. We do not want to appear....provocative."
"Understood Ma'am."
"Okay wait for it." Waiting for her cue from the Captain who lifted his index finger and dropped it. Then she nodded her head to the helmsman and the ship began a turn, and to move away from the planet. "Go." she said, "Get us out of here." The Constitution surged away from the planet at high impulse, and away from danger.