"Pilot hold and maintain position", captain Tashinga suddenly called out. Lieutenant Anesu quickly manipulated the instruments on the digitally swapped pilot's console. The massive starship stopped in mid air, literally a few meters from the mouth of the open portal, as it loomed large on the bridge's big screen threatening to swallow it
The crew on the bridge could clearly see massed starships mobilising to cross come through the portal.
An audible sigh of relief went up from the crew as they realised it was not their captain's intention to take them in through the portal.
They did not get time to speculate on what his true intention was for bringing the Sandawana that dangerously close to the portal. His his next order literally literally brought any speculation to a premature end with the order he gave to fire a payload directly into the portal.