Last time on Star Wars: Jovan Station. And now, the conclusion...


The command deck briefing room shook. It didn't take an assistant engineer to know that man-made objects in space shouldn't shake, and it was probably a lot worse when space stations did. What had been an operations briefing from Commander Akiena was now an assembly of confused faces, including Lieutenant Gradoona. Murmurings filled the silent void as officers broke decorum to speculate on exactly what just happened.

A moment later, the red condition one alarm lit, with running lights at the ceiling's intersection with the wall began to glow, along with a droning ba-roooo...ba-roooo.

There hadn't been a warning. No notice from the command deck that an enemy ship had arrived, much less attacked. No notice at all.

Gradoona stood next to Dr. Vek at the back of the room, with her eyes where they ought to be at a time like this.

On Commander Akiena.