Lending

The only way a group of hostile boarders could disable every system at once was if they had taken control of the bridge or engineering. Ves guessed they'd taken the latter.

Communications fell out as well. Ves tried to contact anyone on the short-range bands, but all he met was static. "They're jamming us as well!"

Ves had been reduced to mustering up the panicking crew members that had been running around like headless chickens.

"Get your heads back together! This is no time to give in to your hysteria!" He shouted at the clueless the men and women in the nearby compartments. His hazard suit amplified his voice for further reach. "Get into your hazard suits and grab a weapon! Take up your battle stations and wait for someone to take charge!"