Although T'Zakiel had many years of spacecraft experience under his belt, considering he had spent nearly half of his life in space at this point, he had rarely encountered any battles whilst onboard a vessel, and this was one of the first times he'd been tasked with directly attacking the Thresh. As such, he was quite nervous, though he knew better than to reveal this to any of his crewmen.

"Sir, we've taken down one of the Thresh ships," said Lieutenant Roals, interesting his captain's anxious thoughts. T'Zakiel smiled, knowing that at least he was doing something right.

"Alright, how many more are there left?" the captain asked, due to the fact that the large window-esque screen in front of his was clogged with wreckage and explosions, blocking any visual signs of an enemy. 

"According to our radar, at least three more medium-sized ships. No fellow Alliance vessels are nearby." This information prompted T'Zakiel to wonder how far he strayed from the main battle. "Wait... it seems as though a squadron of a dozen enemy interceptors are coming our way," Roals continued. 

"Are the turbo-lasers ready?" T'Zakiel asked, garnering a nod from his lieutenant. "Open fire, then." Suddenly, a trio of small spacecraft whizzed past the bridge, firing a multitude of what appeared to be green lasers at the Orpheus. After the shooting subsided for a moment, T'Zakiel rose and yelled at his crewmen. "What's happening? Did you not hear me? Open fire, alright?!"

"Sir, the Thresh interceptors are much too fast for our turbo-lasers. The only weapons of ours that can hit them are our point-defense lasers, and half of those are destroyed," a lone officer answered.

"Well, attempt to escape from all of this wreckage instead. Hopefully, some of those Thresh ships will crash into the debris. And as for the larger vessels, hit them with our tractor beams. If we are to miss, circle back and hit them again. I want to ensure their demise." A unanimous cheer resounded throughout the bridge, and T'Zakiel sat back down. If all was to go according to plan, the tractor beams would cripple the Thresh ships, leaving them immobilized, which would give the Orpheus enough time to high-tail it out of there and reach the wreckage in time to save the Marines stranded there.