Darkness rushed across the ship. It spread like a bursting dam, swallowing every corridor into pitch black.
“What’s wrong?”
High pitched sirens across the bridge coated the room in a piercing noise. The life support capacitors recharged and immediately the lights resumed: it was a small chamber, dark and not more than a few metres across; crewmembers were strapped to their chairs against the zero-gravity, bodies illuminated by the frantic colours of the screens.
“It’s the automatic failsafes,” screamed the First Officer, shoving windows aside on her display, “they’ve all kicked in, every single one; our mirrors are still up and it’s threatening to pull our engines apart!”
“Is our engine about to collapse?”
“Ma’am?”
“Is it about to collapse?!”
“What’s wrong?”
High pitched sirens across the bridge coated the room in a piercing noise. The life support capacitors recharged and immediately the lights resumed: it was a small chamber, dark and not more than a few metres across; crewmembers were strapped to their chairs against the zero-gravity, bodies illuminated by the frantic colours of the screens.
“It’s the automatic failsafes,” screamed the First Officer, shoving windows aside on her display, “they’ve all kicked in, every single one; our mirrors are still up and it’s threatening to pull our engines apart!”
“Is our engine about to collapse?”
“Ma’am?”
“Is it about to collapse?!”