The nurgling Arkhah slashed at turned into a brown pile of goo, utterly incinerated by his power axe.  The nurglings howled and got ready to charge Baromir, but suddenly found themselves replaced with a large black bag.  The bag landed with a terrible thump, and if it didn't kill the nurglings, it at least scattered them.  "You're welcome!"  A familiar voice from above cried.  Knives waved from an access hatch in the ceiling, calling down to Baromir.  "I found the bag in one of the airlocks.  I think it'll come in handy!"<br/><br/>The bag itself turned out to contain five 3kg satchel charges, a set of blasting caps and bomb fuses, a decameter of rope in various neon colors, a charge pack for a long las, a ring of suffrage, a scorida, a box of prophylactics, and an unidentified electronic device which had been crushed in the fall.  Knives had been insanely reckless to just throw such an object from a height, though it hadn't exploded.  Yet...<br/><br/>In the main chamber, Jason Harlock was in a terrible state.  Nearly every bone in his body was broken, and he could just barely breathe.  He should be unconscious, but one of the scarabs from the egg had injected him with... something, that forced him to stay conscious.  The most horrible part was that he didn't feel any pain.  He was just lying there, unable to move, able to speak softly, but simply lost in the knowledge that he was dying or quite possibly dead, looking forward to a future as a zombie.<tt class="bbc_tt">"CONGRATULATIONS.  YOU HAVE FINALLY DONE THE RATIONAL THING AND SURRENDERED TO THE IMMUTABLE WILL OF THE OMNISSIAH.  IN GRATITUDE, YOUR BODY WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED IN A SUPERIOR MANNER, AND YOU WILL SPEAK FOR THIS INTERFACE_UNIT IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS.  REFUSE, AND YOU WILL BE PUNISHED.  DO NOT THINK DEATH IS AN OPTION.  DEATH IS NOT AN OPTION.  YOUR BODY WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED IN A SUPERIOR MANNER."</tt>INTERFACE_UNIT_113 said, while its scarabs worked dilligently to repair the damage done by Harlock, slowly sealing up the cracks in the body of the machine.<br/><br/>The<em>Kobras Aquairre</em>flew gracefully away from the torpedoes, causing them to go wide and miss the vessel, buying the crew more time to figure out the infernal machine in their engine room.  A panicked transmission came from the<em>Everest</em>, as<em>Kobras Aquairre</em>'s scopes lit up with a new threat.  "Captain!  We've go a Heretic Battlecruiser warping directly into the system, making a beeline for the flagship!  Kobras Aquairre is in no condition to fight.  We've got to go intercept the battlecruiser before it kills you guys!"  Ensign Kim shouted, as the crew of the<em>Everest</em>began working on its own initiative to go and chase off the battlecruiser before it ruined the<em>Kobras Aquairre</em>.<br/><br/>At the same time the battlecruiser warped in, a distress signal came in from the Shirke class raider.  "Mayday!  Mayday!  We've lost control of ship's systems.  Someone reconstructed the cogitator circuits!  The crew is doing everything they can to keep the ship from going out of control, but we're losing the battle."  The distress signal repeated three times, while the bridge crew of the<em>Kobras Aquairre</em>sat grim and leering.  "This is why you never get promoted."  Lord Tarsus quipped about Sarah's state of undress, stepping up to the main damage control station.  "Things don't look good.  Warp drive is offline, weapons are offline, shields are offline, life support is offline...  We're currently keeping the bridge and field bracing operational using the auxilary plasma banks.  I can dial down the field bracing and bring the forward missile launcher online, but we're not going to be in good condition for this one."  Lord Tarsus said, flicking switches and adjusting the controls, unable to keep less than three quarters of the damage control board from turning red.<br/><br/>According to the sensor readout,<em>Ignomious</em>was advancing steadly towards the<em>Kobras Aquairre</em>, apparently aiming to do with its lasers what its torpedoes could not.<br/><br/>(Cenotaph Driller is 5 VU from Kobras Aquairre, Ignomious is 14 VU away.  Everest is 28 void units from Ignomious, and the unknown battlecruiser is 35 VU from Everest)