Chapter Forty-One
Hours later, a smaller team stood on the bridge of the damaged ship. Emma’s checks had verified no unusual contamination, nanite or otherwise, on their suits.
After the x-ray emissions ceased, Erik had returned with Jia, Captain Osei, and a single squad. They headed to the bridge of the ship and inserted Emma directly into an IO port. Erik, Jia, and the captain agreed it’d be better to figure out what had happened to the crew before they opened the airlock and proceeded into the likely alien ship on the other side, especially since there might be insane humans looking to kill whoever they encountered.
“Partial control of the ship’s systems has been achieved,” Emma declared with obvious pride in her voice. “I’m working on gaining access to that door.”
“We don’t need it
