Yarric remained on his knees with Rhoswen holding one of his arms behind his back. Blood ran from a cut above his eye, but the look on his face showed far more anger than pain.
"You think taking this room gives you control of the sanctuary?" he asked.
"It gives me the controls," Aurelian replied.
"Drann will destroy your fleet."
Aurelian glanced toward the main tactical display. "Drann has his own problems right now."
At the central console, Eirenne began working through the damaged systems. Her projection stood beside the station while lines of data moved around her.
"The demolition key is damaged, but I can still read it," she said. "I am combining it with Aurelian's sanctuary authority."
The newer Compact controls flickered as the much older Vhaloric system began waking beneath them.
Pale light spread across the console, replacing several of the Compact symbols with older Human markings.
Human command authority confirmed.
Emergency preservation protection available.
