Mia says nothing but gives a nod to Nodoka and glances over her shoulder to see where Pale Bride is situated, giving her an apologetic smile for the inconvenience. Ordinarily she would have preferred to retrieve the drone before departing, but the red blip on the Sekhet's sensor readouts was growing bigger by the second and the ship was already beginning unmooring procedures. Without any further delay Mia deactivated the drone, the hologram dissipating where it stood, and a melon-sized ellipsoid piece of machinery falls gently into Pale Bride's grasp, surprisingly light to carry and of a home-made design that seems out of place for Order tech.
With her captain's full attention, the Sekhet-Aaru pushes off from the station, engine roaring in the silence of space, turrets swinging round and zeroing on the closing target.
