Derrick Gabe, on his side, felt he was given a lease on life.
His whole sweat from defeating other spaceships would have blown off if the X-30 Antagonist spaceship decided to destroy it immediately after they were spotted. His team spaceship was clearly a sitting duck.
Most captains won't let such chances pass them by. They will pounce hard on such prey.
...
The captain of the stellar phoenix saw that his fleet was all alone in the vast starry sky. It was smoking and bartered. However, the crew engineers were working hard to give the spaceship a semblance of minuscule health. The captain knew the spaceship was far spent. He has to sail incognito. If their spaceship is found by any other big players, it is practically game over for the spaceship and its android crew members.
"How is the stealth system? Was it damaged in our last battle? In short, bring up the health stats of the Stellar Phoenix."
{Yes, captain. Done!}