orbital dragon hunting
Nigel 'Dragon Slayer' Smith makes plans for his fifth dragon hunt, wondering if he will solve the mystery of the three dragon hunters who went missing after their fourth dragon.
"All crew to battle stations, Dragon Slayer to the bridge on the double"!
Storming up the the bridge of his ship, the Safari ship 'Dragons Bane', he wonders what could be happening on the way to jump.
captain: dragon slayer, we could use your expertise in reaching jump. what do you make of that? (pointing towards sensors)
smith: of what? do you want to get fired, captain?
captain: sensors, tell mr. smith what the sensors show.
sensors: mr. smith. sensors show a powered object two and a half times bigger than our ship, and at least three times faster, is between us and a safe jump. the sensors show the powered object to be a life form. this is what it looks like. (shows mr. smith a view of the life form)
smith: is this a joke?! that looks like a dragon in space!
sensors: captain! the life form has ejected plasma energy in our direction, and is still blocking our exit from the planets jump shadow!
captain: well, mr. smith? you're the dragon expert. and that looks like a space dragon!
smith: uhhhh....(everything around him dissapears into a silvery mist).
powerful voice in nigels mind: Nigel 'Dragon Slayer' Smith, I have heard the cries of my kin as they died at the hands of you dragon hunters. Lets see how you fare against me!
...as i was reading the earlier posts, i was wondering 'what about a spaceship sized dragon'? D&D's Spell Jammer, as well as some other sci-fi space critters of huge proportions. (space slug the millinium falcon hid in accidentally) maybe our space dragon is around 500 dtons, G-(4-6), Jump-4?, breath is similar to 50 ton bay plasma cannon. just off the top of my head.