The shattered edge

[Yuveraj Khan]

"What the..." a bridge technician announced, pointing to the bay where the Social Credit had been downed. A gout of flame erupting from inside, as the damaged gunboat fired it's cruise engines.

"What?" Khan took a step towards the screen, watching as the huge battleship derelict began a lazy spin on it's axis, as the crippled Social Credit limped away from the hulk, it's forward sensor boom mangled and twisted from ramming the inside of the bay after it's cruise engines had fired.

Razin was already on the TAC, "Social Credit, this is the Kerimov, move away from the alien vessel, and we can get a repair ship to you..."

Khan set his hands on his hips, looking angrily at the lazily spinning ship. "What the hell is going on across there? It's chaos!"

He marched across to Santorini's console. "Get across to that ship, and restore order, at once!"

"With respect," Razin chimed in. "They're doing the best they can under the circumstances..."

"Shut up Razin," Khan snapped, rounding on him. "You're such a wet blanket, this isn't daycare, it's the Coalition!"

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