A Long Shot

[Starfliers]

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Despite being behind cover, the loud roar of the engines muffled any speech directed at Halpert, even one from someone right next to him.

"What?"

The frame of the Orcus cracked as the engine block pushed itself closer into the fuselage, and with it the front magnetic clamp slipped off the edge of the platform. The ship dipped off the edge, lifting it's rear end and breaking away from the other two magnetic clamps. The improved engine showed it's might as the entire ship shot off towards the edge of the docking bay doors, bouncing off the top of the Albatross transport and through more crates in the process.

Screaming and shouting were seen from the dockmaster and the techs as the Orcus' engines powered down mid flight. Halpert's hand glided across the tablet, remotely shutting down the modified HNP block. However, this didn't stop the momentum of the Orcus as it crashes into the docking bay doors, exploding upon impact, taking out one of the docking bay doors and creating a hole in the process. Emergency lights flare up as an announcement was made declaring a breach has been made and to evacuate the area.

Everything in the docking bay that wasn't mounted started to move towards the hole, as it started to suck everything in. Papers, tablets, crates, started flying through. Pulsar buckled a bit as the void of space was quickly claiming the interior. After a few moments of losing a lot of good hardware, tools, diagrams and the like, the shields get raised around that section of the station, stopping the vacuum.

"What the hell were you thinking, Halpert?!"

Trying to make sense of what happened, Halpert stares blankly at the dockmaster.

"What?"

"What. Were. You. Thinking?!"

A couple crates get pushed over as Mille gets up, just as dazed as Halpert.

"You. I have half a mind to ask you to leave. No, I'm asking now. Get in that fighter of yours and don't come back here."

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