Desha groggily opened his eyes. He was in his bedroom. It was more of a secure command chamber, though. The one extremely safe place in the ship. Infront of him sat Seras and two figures he couldn't make out..

"The battle is going well, Lieutenant. Outside the ship, nothing should be able to do considerable damage. The problem is we cannot move the ship while they hold the navigation chambers." The voice was oddly mechanic. It sounded human enough, but there was a strange ring to it. 

"And the battle inside the ship?"

"It'z. . . Difficult to say. The shock troopz have decimated any enemies they see, but the mutineers have holed up into command roomz. We cannotz rush in without potentially crippling the rooms." This voice was very reptilian. There was a hiss after each word, and Desha realized it must be Kesk and Auto speaking. "One top of that. . .Enemy have boarded the ship."

Now Desha was alert, and fully awake. "What?" He asked, hardly hiding the outrage. "How?"

No one bothered to ask about how he felt. There was a time for that later. "They disguised their ship, then boarded when you were unconscious. There was nothing we could do, the battle was raging over your body." Seras didn't seem ashamed at all at their actions. "We lost two troopers rescuing you in the cafeteria. They were brave men."

Desha straightened up, his muscles aching and his mouth dry. "Kesk and Seras, take a strike team of the finest troopers and take care of the intruders. Auto, continue monitoring the situation. I will accompany the troopers as we capture the navigation room. Captains secrets, you know."