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VUKIt had taken all day, but the cable was finally in place, ready to carry power to the Phoenix. Everyone was in position: Raf on our ship, Kili in the engine room, and Kion at the door leading outside, monitoring the situation, fire extinguisher at the ready just in case something went wrong. Wren and I were on the bridge, watching everyone on the big screen in front of us. Since the Phoenix was too damaged, Raf was going to use his comms bracer to send us the encrypted codes that would allow us to call the pirates using the Athion ship’s systems. To download the codes, he’d need at least a few clicks of power though. This wasn’t something anyone was supposed to do, so he’d have to dive deep into our computer system.
This was our only chance to send out a distress call. It had to wo
