"...two of the main engine are still online, but we've sustained significant damage to the-" the Twi'lek trailed off as the door to the bridge slid open and Jaren stepped through. The command bridge was a rather spacious, circular room at the head of the vessel, with a large viewport out into space. The long console had three chairs, likely for a pilot, a navigator, maybe a communications officer or similar, but only the central seat was occupied, by a woman Jaren guessed to be the pilot. The Twi'lek had been in the middle of addressing the Nemoidian captain and the first mate when Jaren had interrupted, and the three stood at the center of the room. They all stared at him, and there was a long pause before Jaren elected to speak first.

"Hello there."

The first mate, a burly human male with a shaved head and a square jaw, drew a blaster and trained it on him as he entered. Jaren raised his hands, open palmed, level with his shoulders.

"Easy," Jaren said. 

"We're in the middle of a situation here, friend, so why don't you head back to your bunk and wait for instructions?" the first mate suggested. Jaren vaguely remembered his name to be Jaxon. He had been rough enough when he'd met him upon boarding the [i]Sailer[/i], a veteran spacer with a gritty, underclass Core Worlder's accent. He was in no better of a mood now. The rest of the crew, though, was not so bold. Slouched shoulders, fidgety movements, clear unease on their faces. Jaren had a knack for reading a room, and this room was nervous. He continued walking forward, closing the distance a bit to bring the gap between the crew and himself to a conversational length. 

"I don't think there's any need to threaten me. I'm just interested in checking in on the situation. You have a lot of worried people back there, it might help if we got some information sooner rather than later," Jaren offered in return.  

"Captain Montaak, we're being hailed," announced the woman at the helm. The Nemoidian captain turned from Jaren to address her. Jaxon, the first mate, turned an ear to her, though he kept an eye--and the blaster--on Jaren. 

"Bring it up on screen," Captain Montaak ordered.