With the Beyond Light clear from her boarders —and most of her crew gone— John and his team made their way to the third deck of the ship, now that LIBRA regained full control over all security systems again. They took the rail system to the elevator at the end of the second deck. It was a mauled mess of blood and shots sparsed everywhere. John saw various soldiers and survivors moving around, being informed by LIBRA that the danger was over. But he knew it was far from it. It had just vanished before escalating to be one million times bigger. They reached the bridge. Valva, Lami, Naka, and another three Soku were outside with a group of SolOps moving dead Insectoids away. As much as Yui or the pair of scientists remaining —or even the fallen Doctor Weiber— would have liked to keep their

