The messages that untied the knot Jax had been forming in his stomach came rapidly after each other. 

"Scout taken care of, Regrouping now." 

That took away Jax’s concern about a Star Destroyer or the like showing up, and if the blast behind Jax wasn’t an indication Valana’s sweet voice relieved him of his primary concern:

[color=ed1c24]"You're clear Jax." 
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He Laughed over the comms appearantly manically enough to prompt a "You okay?" from Valana.

[color=f7941d]“Never been better”[/color] was the immediate response, but he figured that a status update about his ship was due.

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“Vector thrusters somewhat overheated, but that’ll clear out soon. 3 relays destroyed and 4 of them floating around. Most importantly the first relay between us and the Fortune is gone… It’s a mess but nothing I can’t handle… “
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But the mess was serious, comms would be down for 20 minutes now or so, and who knows what could’ve happened in the meanwhile, especially with TIEs already roaming the field for some reason.

[color=f7941d]“Listen, I think we need to report back ASAP. Not only us, but the Doctor and Roka as well. It’s dangerous to be split up now.”[/color]

He paused for good measure to get some semblance of authority in his voice.

[color=f7941d]“Caster how about you get to Roka’s sector and check up with them, let them know  there are TIEs out there. Scout out anything suspicious in the meanwhile. Valana I think it’s best you lay low here, latch to a rock and check for hostiles. We need an eye in this sector now… I’ll get comms back up on the double. That sounds ok to you guys?”[/color]

Less authority than he had hoped for. But it had to do in the absence of the Captain. He had already started tractor beaming the relay’s into place as he finished up his little speech. He hoped neither of them had a better plan.