The shockwave hit the Destiny at full force. On her bridge sparks flew and consoles fried.
"Talara, ride that shockwave!" Starwind ordered.
"Aye, sir!" Talara said, growing frustrated, "These controls have too low a response time."
"I'll have Bronski on it." Edwards held his console tightly.
"Ship off the port bow, I can't compensate fast enough!" Talara called.
"Firing phasers." VonBach reported.
The explosion off the bow rocked the Destiny even more. Edwards' console erupted into flames and sent him flying. Gasses flooded the room.
"We need normal space now, Talara." Starwind stressed.
"Fifteen seconds. Sir, Captain Paris' ship has taken severe damage and is falling off the shockwave." Talara reported.
"VonBach, try to get a tractor lock." Starwind ordered.
VonBach stared blankly at his controls, "Tractor beams were disabled to minimize power usage."
"Wave end in five seconds." Talara reported.
"Bridge to engineering, reinitialize the warp intermix at my mark." Starwind tapped his badge.
"One second."
"Mark!"
As the bridge's rumbling ended and the ship decelerated, lights and controls buzzed to life.
"Weapons operational. Shield restoration in progress." VonBach called.
"Destiny to Aspire, respond!" Starwind called.
Silence.
"Destiny to Normandy, can either of you hear me?" Starwind called across comm. waves again.
Silence.
Edwards stood and returned to his console, flames contained, "A number of injuries aboard, Captian, but no casualties. At least twenty-two ships remain, including the Geneva, and of them ten are at full operational capacity."
"Great. Any sign of Aspire or Normandy?" Starwind asked.
"Aspire is adrift, but salvageable. Normandy's comm. array is shot, but outside of that she appears more or less in tact. Seems the Electron Screen did a bit of good." Edwards reported.
"So that's at best five on one?" Starwind sighed. "What is that old Klingon saying, Commander VonBach?"
"You mean 'Today is a good day to die', sir?" VonBach replied.
"Today may very well be a good day to die." Talara stared as the operational ships on the viewer scrambled about and formed an attack posture.