The Jump drive spooled up, the drum of the wormhole being forced open resounded through the oxygen filled ship. The solar sails were retracted, as they would tear from the forces inside the wormhole.

Jody Brighton sat at the controls on the bridge, the fourty meter long ship was cramped with all the machines to keep a solar sailer like this one functioning, as well as keep her six passengers in cryogenic sleep.

This was the last jump of the two month run, the jump drive required 12 hours to charge with the solar sails fully extended, and then could only move the ship 120 light years. Some of the newer ships could go farther, but Jody was pleased with his little ship, and the fact that he never had to buy fuel for her.

The last familiar beat of the drum hit the hull, and the bow camera appeared to distort as the wormhole pulled the ship to its final coordinates. This was the first jump in two months the drive didn't use all of its stored power. As the wormhole broke apart, a loud clap resonated throughout the ship, Jody grabbed the controls to extend the mizzen masts, then the main masts, and finally the hexagonal collectors that formed the sails for all twelve masts.

The passenger's destination was in sight, the Aurora Platform. A not-so-secret, secret place for the trillionaires to hide for a couple of years at a time. This one just happened to bring along his family, and each of their bodyguards, all of whom were asleep in their pods.

"Solar Destiny; you have entered restricted flight zone: alpha-Papa-niner-niner- four-six. State your business."

"Oh, lovely way to greet guests." Jody said into the mic, it was a pass phrase the family had given him to say upon arrival.

"Proceed to docking Spar Alpha, retract masts and operate on battery only once within ten kilometers of the station. Welcome to Aurora Platform." The controller replied back.

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He pulled Destiny to her location for docking, and woke the family once he was within the five kilometer ring. His docking port was on the same side of the station as the sun, so even with the sails retracted, he was still getting residual power accumulating.

The docking tug exited the station, and he turned off his inertial dampners, so the small ship could manuver him into position, the family in the back started making noise as they readied for departure.

The magnetic clamp secured the ship to the spar, and the side door opened, the family left. Jody finished his shut down procedure and went to his own bedroom to sleep.

An hour later, he was awakened by the sound of the wormhole drums resounding through his ship, but these weren't comming from his own ship, but rather they were incoming ships. He ran to his bridge, deep within its central systems, and started firing up the jump drive that he had just used, as well as the secondary that had a sticky note attached to it that said 'use only if we gonna die'

He hit the jump switch, only then realizing he had forgotten to detach from the station.

The drum beats of his two powered up jump drives resounded through the ship as the first volley of metal slugs bounced off the heavy armor of the station, the familiar last beat was heard, and almost immediately the clap of the collapsing wormhole.

He looked at his location beacon, and realized he had only traveled fifty light years. But it was more than enough to throw the pirates off of him for a while. He stood up, and started walking back to his room, when he heard a loud pop, and then he felt the oxygen leave his lungs. Someone had disconnected his ship from the station without closing the exit hatch. Just as Jody realized this, he died.

A/n: that's all for this story. Have fun with the setting.