The entire ship seemed to recoil from the blast. It would seem that the laser cannon had penetrated the engine room. Gavin quickly got out of the fighter, joining his crew in the fray.
"We need to get out of here. If I'm right, and I did hit the engine... This whole ship is going to explode." He put his hand to his transceiver, calling the battle commander. "Juthan, this is Commander Wilis. We've breached the cargo ship and have almost eliminated the slavers onboard. Just one problem... The ship's engines took a bad hit. We need to get out of here now. I see some transport ships, I think it's a good chance we can still save the cargo, but you have to cover us on the way out. How do you copy?"
Another group of slavers dashed out from behind cover, shooting at the crew. Gavin took a shot to his left arm. His cybernetics damaged, he cut down a slaver about to kill Alcus.
"Juthan, we need to know. NOW!"