"I..." Tom said, shaking for a few moments before regaining composure. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-"<br/><br/>"You don't need to explain," Enigma said, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Right now, we need your flying talents."<br/><br/>"I'm on it," he said, running to the pilot's seat as Enigma found a seat for herself, indicating one opposite her for Ix to sit in. "The plus side to how similar human ships are is, bar a capital ship or something bigger, if you've flown one you can fly most of the rest." He lifted off, heading out into space, only to find a huge, ray-shaped craft heading towards them. "Oh hell, we've more than earnt a break here," he said, reaching for the weapons console but finding Enigma grabbing his hand. "What are you doing?"<br/><br/>"Tom, that is an Aphran battleship," Enigma replied. "Take it from me, that ship is far beyond anything this cruiser possesses, you are better off retreating to fight another day."<br/><br/>"Considering what happened on the prison I'm not going to argue with you," Tom said, turning the ship away from the planet. "Luckily there's a jump gate orbiting the fifth planet of this system, once we've entered that we should be-" he was cut off by the sound of a thud from somewhere behind him. He turned to find Enigma unconscious on the floor. "Enigma?" he asked, reaching down to shake her but finding no response. "Bloody hell, this isn't good." He thought for a moment. "Ix, get her to the medbay, I'll be with you in a second, hopefully there's nothing seriously wrong." He turned back to the controls, relieved to find they weren't being pursued. They finally reached the gate, an object which looked like a giant, metallic hexagon hanging in space, its interior covered by an iron shield. He searched through the data banks, finding the code necessary to unlock the gate and breathing a sigh of relief as the ship slipped into the bright green, roiling tunnel that lay beyond. He turned to look at the readings the computer was giving him, only to be puzzled by one in particular. "That...that can't be right," he said under his breath. Setting the ship to autopilot he headed to the medbay, turning to the screen on the wall to give the impression he was looking at a medical report. "Ix, you need to see this," he said loudly enough that his companion would hear him. On the screen was a strong heartbeat reading...from Enigma.