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Even though it wasn’t dusk yet, the harbor was in the shadow of the island behind the Marauder, giving the scene an eerie cast

“What etting out of his command chair He took Hali’s headset and switched to its audio mic, but the entire op center could still hear Jin

Her creas lined up on the deck outside, but she was sitting in her own high captain’s chair on the bridge, talking with the phone in her palh that he could see her hair bloith the breeze through the broken s It see directly at him

“I’lad to have someone to talk to at the end like this,” Jin said “I wish I knehat you looked like You have a nice voice”

“That sounds like a woman who doesn’t intend to be taken alive,” Eric said

Sylvia gasped “Can you put that infrared video feed back up?”

Juan nodded, and Eric switched the caht at the stern was now fading as the engines cooled, but the center of the ship was almost white with heat

“I thought we destroyed the plasma cannon,” Hali said

“Just the gun,” Murph said

“The power generator underneath is what builds up the energy to launch the projectile,” Sylvia said “She’s deliberately overheating it When it reaches the redline, it’ll detonate”

“April,” Juan said, “it looks like you’re building to a generator overload You need to power do”

“I have to adood,” Jin said “Sorry I’ve put the cycle on auto can stop that now”

Juan looked at Sylvia, who nodded in agree?”

“Two or three minutes, max”

That didn’t leave theet aboard and evacuate Jin before the trimaran exploded