The Damage Reports flooded in, and Pat groaned. Three compartments had been torn open to space by tumbling wreckage, and the starboard anti-ship energy batteries were offine. What was even worse was that the communications systems were mostly so much ruined Neosteel, beyond the short-range SURFCOMM systems. Clifton awkwardly managed to get the<em>Churchill</em>realigned and cotacted the other vessel.<br/><br/>"Civillian vessel<em>Black Scantid</em>, this is Captain Patrick Clifton, Commanding the Battlecruiser<em>Churchill</em>. Any assistance you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Please approach with caution, though, we still don't know how badly damaged we are."