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The door wasn’t responding to her proximity band, Stella needed to manually override it. “I’m fine,” she said, grunting as she removed the cover to the door control panel. Spitting out blood yet again, Stella quickly surveyed her bloody friend, the slight glow of her slitted, grey eyes allowing her to see him clearly in the semi darkness of the Engineering Control Room. There was no need to ask if he was ok. Even with his face and side awash in blood, he would answer in the affirmative. Stella know, she wasn’t in fact okay, judging by the blood she kept spitting up, there had to be some internal injuries, it didn’t matter. If they didn’t secure the core, death would take them long before her injuries would. "Trip grab the med pack and quick seal that cut, I’m going to need both your eyes in a second.” She bit out, twisting two wires together. The Core room doors sprung open with a sudden snap, not bothering to replace the panel cover Stella rushed in.

The Core stood the height of the ship. When most effective it worked as one unit. However each section could work independently. It appeared that most of the systems here were still up and running. Stella rushed to the main frame, her hand gliding across the controls. The preliminary scan showed extensive damage, “cura deum tenebris (Dark God Care)” Stella whisper to herself looking at the damage. The upper and lower core were in alarm. Only the middle core seemed to still be working, however the coupling were badly damaged. Trip had set the remaining bots to repair the outer hull first. “Good,” she called “the sooner we stop venting atmosphere the better.”” Her eyes never left her work as Trip entered the Core room. “Trip, I need you to kill the power to the lower core, its damaged beyond repair but still trying to operate. Vent the room too, the heat from coils are reaching critical.” She had just vented the middle core and completed a work around on its broken couplings. It wasn’t a permanent fix but it brought them time. “Cura deum(Dark God)” she cursed. Slamming her hands down on the control panel. “I can’t access the Upper Core from here, we have to get up there quick or in 15 minutes, its super ipsum (game over).”