(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/14742e20-ac3e-4580-b025-163d5b8c6575/dblmxsa-e71c8172-bc74-4b5d-9676-85d120fad756.jpg/v1/fill/w_1131,h_707,q_70,strp/quarian_heavy_cruiser_by_euderion_dblmxsa-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTAwMCIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzE0NzQyZTIwLWFjM2UtNDU4MC1iMDI1LTE2M2Q1YjhjNjU3NVwvZGJsbXhzYS1lNzFjODE3Mi1iYzc0LTRiNWQtOTY3Ni04NWQxMjBmYWQ3NTYuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTE2MDAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.oN6V81PzNedDziXhkRlNBuIQJ4w2596mzgVNpYLWs7E)  (https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/14742e20-ac3e-4580-b025-163d5b8c6575/ddbsyna-83023a6c-a38d-4a0b-aa40-91c26e3e3c9c.jpg/v1/fill/w_1210,h_660,q_70,strp/prothean_empire_cruisers_by_euderion_ddbsyna-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9ODczIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvMTQ3NDJlMjAtYWMzZS00NTgwLWIwMjUtMTYzZDViOGM2NTc1XC9kZGJzeW5hLTgzMDIzYTZjLWEzOGQtNGEwYi1hYTQwLTkxYzI2ZTNlM2M5Yy5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTYwMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19._Y9ApSfivGwD-kF3TmXRqc9NSw9ynXL_nu2H20o664w)<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://publish.illinois.edu/digitalmaking/files/2015/02/space_engineers_red_ship_screenshot.jpg)</div><br/><hr/>The<em>Equinox</em>came in hot with a full acceleration profile, but the navigation was spot on and put the<em>Equinox</em>less than a light minute away from the cluster of three ships.  Two were Badoon cruisers, and nothing to sneeze at, and in a two to one engagement with the<em>Equinox</em>would give even the more bold captains a sense of pause, even with the upgraded barrier systems<em>Equinox</em>.  It would be an even fight as while the hero's ship had barriers to slug off most of what was tossed at it, the cruisers held far more weapons to bring to bare.  The<em>Equinox</em>might survive, but not without some damage.<br/><br/>The good news, if there was any, was one of the cruisers, the one which look modified, was already docked with the damaged<em>Regal Ebonee</em>.  They were costing on at low velocity, and it would take time for the ship to detach and join in the fight.  In fact both ships being at the low end of velocity gave the<em>Equinox</em>an advantage, enough so perhaps to allow them to disable one cruiser before they turned and dealt with the other before they could use their slight numeric advantage against them.   The only question was would they keep the<em>Ebonee</em>intact, or destroy it before turning their attention to the<em>Equinox</em><br/><br/>The question soon turned moot as horror unfolded before everyone.  An explosion from inside one of the Badoon cruisers, the one docked with the<em>Ebonee</em>, ripped through her and the venting plasma and explosive force slammed against the tethered<em>Ebonee</em>.  The Endeed ship was hit hard, with over half of it disintegrating into a pool of melted metal scrap and other.  The force of it snapped the tether and sent the ship into a dead spin, with a high rate of angular velocity.  Too much for most humanoids to survive.  If the ships inertial compensator went as well, everyone remaining on board would be nothing more than flat pizza against the bulkhead of the ship.  The Badoon cruiser seemd to be in some better shape.  She at least was not in a flat spin, but she was hurt, with running lights flickering as if she had power grid issues from the explosion.  The other Badoon ship which had been turning towards the<em>Equinox</em>was not turning back to her sister ship as if to render assistance.<br/><br/><hr/>Darkness, smoke, the scent of burnt electronics and wiring were heavy and thick in the air.  The darkness was perhaps a blessing in disguise for Tieran.  Darkness meant at the moment no power, and no power meant an open cell door instead of a force field which shocked her to an inch within her life every time she touched it.  Power also meant the collar which was about her neck, the one the Badoon had used upon her, to try to break and brutalize her was dead.  She was no longer a human which they could take their pleasure upon, or merely have her scream in pain for their amusement.  It meant she had access to her powers again, and perhaps some payback to dish out to these...creatures.<br/><br/>There were scores to settle<br/><br/><hr/>Light was the only thing thing Solana could see.  The smoke was thick, and fires were raging out of control all about her.  Her last ditch effort to free herself from the abomination of technology which she had been part of for more than a year.  A thing designed to tap into the change Teregensis brought about in her body, a side effect the constant state of pain she was forced to endure.  More than a year of her life.  The Badoon thought she weak now, broken, incapable of rebelling.  They learned the hard way she was not.  What she was not yet was free.  They had to be responding soon, and if the fire suppression systems were not working, it would not take too long to give the order to vent the room.  She had to get out, she had to escape, before she was subdued and captured again.<br/><br/>She had aliens to kill.