Podzevich made it to the bridge.  "Captain Rogers, we need to talk".<br/>"Certainly Mr. Podzevitch, your efforts to help us are greatly appreciated.  How can we help you?"<br/>"Captain, you're going to think this is irrational, we've given you and your crew every test we can think of to be sure we're allies and you've passed with flying colors.  But we are scared to voiding our excrement over the powers of your ships weapon.  And once word gets back to HQ, the politicians are going to go bat-guano-crazy.  We need to take the weapon offline.  You KNOW it will come back online as soon as you leave the Mana field.  But we aren't doing further repairs until it's shut down by removing the alloys we placed on it."<br/><br/>The Captain looked puzzled, then Angry, then thoughtful.  "Well, I can certainly say that you and your people have never seen anything like a ships laser before, and it can certainly be scary.  And you're right, I don't see any reason for it not to come back online once we're out of here.  And we've been watching your enemies surrender peacefully.  So yes, as long as you can do it without harming the hardware, go ahead and shut it down, as long as you can continue the other repairs."<br/>"Thank you captain for understanding and being reasonable.  I'll need to contact the State leaders with a say in this and wait for approval.  Hopefully it won't take too long."<br/>The Captain simply nods.<br/>Podzevitch says "Dispel Magic" as he passes the weapon and with a "Fsssh" the alloy evaporates off the wiring.  He's already got a vial out when he says "Accio Alloy" and the fine particles of alloy immediately float into the vial, which he seals.<br/><br/>"The weapon is down", he says when he returns to the technomancers in the engine room.  "I need a communicator necklace".<br/>Tech Schmit hands his over.<br/>"Thank you Schmit.  Thava, Shyeal, Cheerwind and the others with necklaces hear: "The Captain willingly disabled the weapon.  Starting engine repairs.  Won't complete until you negotiate"