Chaos Theory, Pt 8

The remaining pirate frigates hurriedly positioned themselves all around the asteroid and covered literally every angle all around. Once they were in position, each and every one of them extended a large metallic sphere from underneath their bellies.

The spheres glowed a dull orange as streams of luminous energy shot out towards all the other spheres on the frigates. This resulted in a barely-glowing lattice that surrounded the asteroid on all sides.

But as the seconds ticked by, the energy lattice glowed brighter, and the signal they produced strengthened bit by bit.

The Admiral watched as a slew of data scrolled through the screens on her bridge. Though she didn’t have any visual confirmation, she could easily tell what the pirates were up to just outside.

Well, at least, she could tell what they were doing. Not so much why.

“Why are they putting down an energy lattice?” she mused aloud.