Turn 5 Travel Event – Boarded by Pirates, because Why Not?

CR4NK3 moved up to cover.  As soon as he crouched down behind some crates, one of the pirates moved up and took a shot at him.  The shot missed, but hit a cargo container behind CR4NK3. "My insurance!" Magnus shouted as he and Ouroz dashed forward.
CR4NK3 returned fire at the pirate, but also missed.  The two crews continued to move up to cover, with a pair of pirates flanking to the right, the pirate captain and another pirate to the left, and two coming up the middle.  Magnus moved to intercept the flankers on the right, while CR4NK3 and Ouroz tried to defend against the rest.
Both Magnus and Ouroz manage to drop a pirate each, but one of the pirates' shots hit Ouroz.  "I'm OK.  Popped a hole in my suit, but didn't get thru my armor.  Suit's already sealed itself."
The two crews continue to maneuver and fire at each other.  A stray shot hit a chemical barrel next to the pirate captain, the resulting discharge struck the captain, shattering his faceplate and covering his face with the toxic goop.  He fell to the ground, screaming and thrashing until he went silent.
But the pirates kept up the fight.  However, they were clearly shaken by the events, as their shots started to go further off-target, and they got more careless about cover.  It did not take long after the captain went down for the crew of the Cosmic Blunder to drop the remaining pirates.
Not content with just stopping the boarders, the crew of the Cosmic Blunder boarded the pirate ship.  What the captain said was definitely true - the inside of the ship was a mess.  They made their way to the bridge, and breached the bridge hatch with no difficulty.  Inside, trying to hide behind a console, was a young woman with a pistol.  As she saw the barrel of CR4NK3's rifle, she threw down the pistol and shouted "I surrender!  I didn't like those guys anyway! I just needed the job!"
"Who are you?" Magnus asked.
"Ru Dakimam of Regina.  I thought this was a regular working passage, and didn't realize the shit I was in until it was too late.  I'm sorry!  I didn't want to be a pirate, but they said they'd space me if I didn't obey.  And they said the ship would blow up if I undocked without the captain on board."
"Well, the captain's dead, along with the rest of the bunch.  So we're going to haul the bodies over, and you're going to undock.  System Defense ships are on their way."
"But they'll kill me or put me in jail forever, and I never wanted to be a pirate.  Can't you help me out?"
"Kid" Magnus said, "I can't trust my ship and my crew to a pirate.  The risk is too high."
Seeker Paul's weak voice came across the radio to Magnus' private  channel, "Captain, I sense she is telling the truth, and is terrified.  I do not believe she deserves a pirate's fate."
Magnus signed.  "Ok, kid - we'll take you with us and drop you off at our next stop.  We'll tell System Defense that you're working passage on our ship.  Now let's go before Sysdef gets here."
The crew quickly transferred the bodies of the pirates onto their ship, in case the captain's threats of explosion were true, and then had the ship undock.  They hailed the incoming system defense force, and notified them of the pirate's demise.  After extensive paperwork, the crew was released to continue their business.
The young woman, Ru, did pick up shipboard jobs, under constant surveillance by CR4NK3, and Magnus decided to keep her on until they hit Regina.  By the time they arrived, however, she had endeared herself to the whole crew, and Magnus agreed to take her on as a crew member - at least for the time being.
When the crew arrived at Regina, Magnus and Ouroz went looking for a job, while CR4NK3 and Ru managed the unloading of cargo.  Hkaaie and Seeker Paul, while back on their feet, stayed on the ship.
Magnus and Ouroz returned.  "Good news, bad news.  The bad news is that both the salvage team Ouroz offended and LSP security have followed us here.  The good news is the job will be one jump away, on Dinom.  We'll be escorting a VIP to inspect his holdings, and we'll be taking his ship.  Hopefully by the time we get back, LSP and the salvagers will have gotten bored."