Drake’s plan was working. While the Dagger was still taking hits the frequency had greatly reduced and its shields were slowly recovering.
The crew’s normal sight started to return too. The time between the first to recover and last was much shorter than normal, though the order of recovery was familiar. Soon everyone could see normally and Drake’s stomach settled.
The Dagger was inflicting heavy damage against the smaller ships Drake had chosen to target. One ship had already been destroyed and two others were in a bad way.
Drake was targeting small ships because the larger ones would take more firepower and more time to take down than he wanted to spend. And no matter the size of the ships, being able to retaliate successfully was a huge boost for his crew.
“We’ve gone as far as
