Jess lost all sense of time. He was focused intently on the battle, on reclaiming the Wanderer’s systems piece by piece. His only measure of progress was the area now covered by the Wanderer and how many enemies he had destroyed, a number well into the thousands.
He had to regain control of the ship as quickly as possible. All means of movement, the thrusters and the jump engines, were still controlled by the Taint. Jess and the Wanderer had gained one major victory, they now controlled most of the shields. A few remained isolated from them but they controlled more than enough to protect the ship.
Jess was certain the rest of the ship’s systems would follow. Progress had been stalled many times as the enemy creatures tried different approaches, but none of those attacks had stolen
