Drake kept the Dagger moving, trying to use its agility to thwart the attacks from the Phoenix Conglomerate ship but no matter what he did more and more shots were striking home. He turned the Dagger, keeping what shields it still had facing towards the larger ship but that just led to those shields being pounded down too.
The Dagger shook as a particularly heavy volley punched through its shields. Drake cursed as several manoeuvring thrusters and one engine went offline. He kept the Dagger turning and twisting but it felt heavier and slower now which made dodging even harder.
“Sonia, we’re out of time,” he sent over the comm. “Close the weapon up and get out of there!”
“No, Captain! We can still fit the final crystal. We’ll use the time we would have used to get clear. There’s o
