<div class="floatleft">(https://i.stack.imgur.com/mVOSg.gif)</div>Communications was quick to begin trying to contact anyone else on the station, but soon returns with, “<strong>I can't get through to anyone else on the station, Captain. No one's answering, not even on the civilian channels.</strong>”<br/><br/>The ship bucked a little as the first fronts of the magnetic storm hit. The ship was being pulled in different directions by the magnetic interference, making it a shaky ride as they got closer to the station, and the storm.<br/><br/>“<strong><em>Bridge, Flight Ops. My flyboys are good but they're not that good. Recommend scrapping the shuttle launch for right now, it's starting to affect our sensors, and the last thing I want is a multi-shuttle pile up.</em></strong>”<br/><br/>Magnetic storms were almost as dangerous as ion storms in that they were incredibly difficult to navigate through, disrupting both sensors and communications. It didn't help that the rapidly changing magnetic fields could cause ships to think they're flying one way and get pulled or turn around to completely unknown headings. Flight Operations could carry out the order, but it was an added risk.