Trimefirst

Stranded in space, SFG Commander Azvaa, impatiently waited for his associate, an android, Yayo to complete the necessary repairs to their damaged scout ship, Dwynot. He received a message from SenLed Glimsby, of the Independent Colonies Federation headquarters, that an alien starship, which had attacked and destroyed a colony space cargo freighter, was in their sector and ordered him to take evasive action.
Three days earlier, they had arrived at one of the local system’s asteroid syndicates Free Trade Zones, hoping to negotiate a good price for the replenishment of their spent fuel. Cruggle, the Director of the Hydro/Heeli SpaceFuels Inc. Company proved to be a devious double-dealing crook. They only escaped the deadly trap set by him, by the super quick reflexes of Yayo.
A change of direction by the alien starship forced Commander Azvaa to flee back to the asteroid, Trimefirst. Arriving unknowingly just before the alien starship, Commander Azvaa was forced to take control when the aliens attacked the asteroid.
In the ensuing fighting, an interested observer Cruggle became a casualty, with totally unforeseen consequences for all concerned.
A novella.