[ The shift in Duo is almost palpable, and Jim's seen something close to it before, in ex-space marines, other warrior races - his gaze slides from his work to the pilot, though his expression remains neutral.

(Internal Marge Simpson noise. The last thing they need is more conflict if the Natha roll back in. And if they can make Deathscythe appear, they can probably yank it away.) ]

We're getting ahead of ourselves, [ he points out. ] I saw someone on the network discussing plans to protect civilians on the ground, and that's probably where our focus should lie. The station is locked down to very limited access right now, and we don't know if we can force it to do something like transport hundreds of thousands of people.

We should be able to get it to run a static simulation, though, to see if it's technically possible.