Jess sent the Wanderer to the left, mostly dodging a particularly nasty blast from one of the floating turrets. The Wanderer was taking more and more of the fire as it drew close which was good from the point of view of saving the other ship’s occupant, but not so great in terms of keeping the Wanderer safe.
“Damn it!” shouted Ali. Jess grimaced as her frustration flowed through their link and washed over him. “We’ve lost all communications with him. I don’t know if he heard me say he had to get out of the ship.”
Jess glanced at the Wanderer’s latest scans of their target and pulled a face.
“I don’t think it matters what he heard. Look! There’s no power left to the bridge or most of the ship. The shields seem to be running off of backup power, what’s left of them, but that won’t
