After the connection finished, I helped the injured Umbstard across the shimmering bridge between our ships. Then I strapped him into one of the secondary seats on the Endurance and flew us back to the Essta.
Gloria made the trip easy by pulling the Essta in close, though I noticed she must have dropped the active stealth field to do so. I didn’t like the idea of the Essta without it’s cloak while raiders were nearby, but it helped to dock the Endurance and get the commander to the med bay. After a bit of work with Katherine, we confirmed he had suffered shock from the attack while he was deep in his interface. He was still shaken, but otherwise he’d be fine. That was when Gloria joined us and pulled me aside.
“We have a problem,” she said.
“What kind?” I asked.
“That fancy ship disrup
