[quote=@Tenish the Mighty]
"Pilot, your ship has a 67% chance of catastrophic failure before leaving the operation zone if you have not disengaged connection to the Star and made an optimal exit trajectory in the next...27 seconds. You know this. You should disengage."
[/quote]
"Don't worry, I'm already playing the Countdown theme over here. Can't just dump the boarding party and run without at least giving them a chance to get the job done, otherwise I'll be toasted by the Admiralty rather than some useless chunk of rock." Felix replied back testily, his hands hovering over the control panel ready to break free the instant he got the all clear, or when the clock ran out.

The light pattering sound on the shuttle's hull almost reminded him of the rainstorm back at home, except those storms couldn't suddenly change into a maelstrom of deadly metal fragments at a moment's notice. He should've been gone well before the storm reached them, and unless he broke away soon he'd never make it clear in time.