Trojan horse

"Captain, message from the captain of the wrecker ship", reported lieutenant Tanaka at communications.

"What does the message say", promptly ordered captain Maguire.

"Captain, they say they were hit by some kind of high energy burst a few minutes ago, of unknown origin which knocked out most of their communications. Hence they are unable to transmit make any transmission beyond messages", explained lieutenant Tanaka.

"Very well", said captain Maguire. "It must have been the same time that we were also struck".

"Captain", said captain Lucinda at sitting beside him distracting his temporarily attention from the image approaching shuttle on the bridge's big screen.

"Were you really considering handing over command of the Sandawana to me?", she asked.

"Yes, I can't think of a more competent officer, in fact I would honoured if you would accept such a responsibility", said captain Maguire.