“Oh, s**t,” Jag mumbled as he raised another display at his station, cutting the celebration short.
“How bad is it?” Dani asked, already knowing it couldn’t be good with the hits they took. Alaska’s Vengeance may have had top-of-the-line energy shields, but nothing could have stopped that twisted spire from piercing her hull.
“Scanning now.”
The ship tumbled quietly through space. Dani didn’t want to attempt to fire up the engines again without knowing how much damage was sustained.
“Cruz, can you get those solar shades closed? I want to limit our radiation exposure with our shields being down.”
Dani heard the familiar ding and watched as Cruz unfastened his restraints and floated up into the air. She admired his grace during times of no gravity. His muscular upper body, kept st
