Time slowed. Between each heartbeat, it felt like hours of time might pass. They might be able to end this right now. But they might not. The ship is massive, and it resisted every other kind of explosive. It might not do anything if we don’t get the drive, and they’d know our intentions. The real target of this mission is the Storm King, not his ship. If that bomb doesn’t kill him, he’ll just run off and take over another terraforming ship.