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"This is ***** calling for backup! The **** are attacking us! Repeat, this is ***** calling for backup! We are being attacked by *****!"

Shortly, all communications where blown off, all the bots inside the ship growling, some of them where injured, some where trying to reach out for help, but no one could hear them. One of the bots turned to their captain, worry showing through their optics. The captain seemed distressed too, there weren't a lot of options left for them. Taking a deep breath, the captain called out to their team

"Prepare for ejection! Everyone take a pod!" The team quickly ran to one of the seven escape pods. One by one, six were able to eject the ship, only two left. The younger bot looked up at their captain, receiving a pat on their shoulder
"Go, cadet. You have a long life ahead" this only made the cadet grip onto their captain's servo
"But captain..!" they weren't allowed to finish their sentence, the captain spoke again, pushing the younger into the pod

"Maybe I did wrong for the cause... but the rest of you are innocent, the ***** cause is one you shouldn't be in, something I realized too late for me, but you have a choice, cadet. Make yourself useful for a true great cause" the cadet's optics filled up with cooler tears as the pod closed, the superior on the other side gave a last smile
"Besides, the captain must always fall with their ship. So what kind of leader would I be if I didn't succeed in saving the team?" And the pod flied out of the ship, the cadet inside placing their servos flat on the crystal surface, watching as their captain still manouvered the ship to defend the escaping pods until they made the jump. At last, the ship was fired again, this time the target was not missed.
The cadet couldn't believe the situation, but after the jump the pod put them into deep stasis. Everything they had fought for, everything they had shared, and the family they have made was gone.
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And every memory left in the young cadet's memory bank, after crashing on solid ground, along with everything taught and shared with them, gone. The team, the battle, the reason they fought for, were erased.