Captain Marvel: Starforce on the Rise

Captain Marvel: Starforce on the Rise — page 5 — Hold on Did did we just agree on something Minn-Erva Minn-Erva asked Vers cracked a grin Sadly yes she said Believe me no one's more upset about it than I am

Captain Marvel: Starforce on the Rise — page 6 — CHAPTER 2 Less than an hour earlier everything had been running like clockwork Minn-Erva Minn-Erva and Vers had entered the space surrounding Aphos Prime in a small two person Kree fighter The ship's larger external weapons had been stripped in favor of adding an additional additional engine with enough thrust to enable the vessel to evade the Skrulls who controlled the space surrounding Aphos Prime as well as the planet itself Due to its incredible speed the Kree fighter had managed to avoid detection But in order to do that the ship had to move faster than a normal spacecraft and maintain that speed well into entry of Aphos Prime's atmosphere

Captain Marvel: Starforce on the Rise — page 7 — The fighter entered the upper atmosphere well above cruising speed Normally a vessel vessel like theirs would have engaged reverse thrust to slow the ship down before allowing allowing the atmosphere to act as a kind of natural air brake But Vers and Minn-Erva Minn-Erva couldn't afford that luxury unless they wanted to alert the Skrulls to their presence To say the Kree fighter took a beating upon entry was like saying that Minn-Erva Minn-Erva and Vers didn't get along pretty obvious and a gross understatement The ship bounced around on the atmosphere at first and nearly threatened to skip right off and back into outer space Vers stayed at the helm riding the ship fighting fighting with the controls every step of the way Yon-Rogg Yon-Rogg said this was gonna be easy didn't he Minn-Erva Minn-Erva shouted over the screaming engines It sounded for all the world like the ship was going to shake itself apart Uh huh Vers yelled back You sure you know what you're doing

Captain Marvel: Starforce on the Rise — page 8 — Minn-Erva Minn-Erva asked skeptically steadying herself in her seat Of course I'm sure I can fly anything Vers said She wasn't bragging it was just a fact Since she had joined Starforce Vers had herself across proven numerous levels and disciplines Everything from strategy to battlefield tactics weapons and unarmed combat combat ground based and airborne vehicles You name it Vers was good at it Which kind of annoyed Minn-Erva Minn-Erva The Kree fighter continued its assault on the atmosphere of Aphos Prime piercing the planet's ozone layer The hot gasses that had built up on the ship's underbelly were dissipating dissipating and the hull sounded less like it was going to crumple or explode at any given moment It was time for Phase Two In order to avoid detection by the Skrulls planetary sensors Vers had to keep the thrusters thrusters pinned at faster than landing speeds While this kept the Kree warriors safe from the threat of being blown up by their enemy it made the

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