In the dark sky, there was a streak of fire as a trashed human fighter flew toward the bar. The pilot, Conner Herons, had been in a massive engagement between the human fleet of prosperity, and the yeerk fleet of conquest. After engaging several bug fighters, he got smashed by a dracon cannon. Making a random z-space jump, he came out by the bar. He nursed his crippled fighter onto the ground. Smash, the craft hit the ground, shuddered, and shut down. Popping open the canopy, he crawled out of the wreck. He walked into the bar, with burnt suit, and a beam pistol in its holster. He pulled out some money and asked the bar tender.
"Give me something to calm down my beating heart." The bartender handed him two shots of fire ale. He downed them without flinching, paid the B, and went over to a couch and fell down on it, asleep.