The Montu stared down the Oracion, it was surrounded by three other capital vessels, as well as agent Chris. The stolen ship attempted to escape, but all attempts were stopped by cruise disrupters. The Oracion was trapped. Andrew remained in command of the bridge, and continued to order Paladin to stand down.
The Montu had not been back for more than an hour before it was sent back into duty, and as Critius walked back from medical he noticed the ship seemed to be falling apart. Sarah, his cheif engineer, past by him and continued trying to keep the ship together with the substandard parts given by the Grenwall. He limped on to the bridge, before becoming dizzy and almost falling. Sarah quickly rushed to his aid, and helped him reach the bridge.
Andrew continued to argue with Paladin, and the voice was instantly recongnized by Critius. He whispered something to Sarah, who quickly rushed out of the bridge, and took the place of Andrew on the comms. "Paladin stand down, there is nowhere to run." The Oracion refused to give in, and Critius ordered Dmitri to prepare to fire. "We cannot let you leave," he said on public comms. Quickly he ordered Drew to transfer to a private channel, only Paladin and him could here. "I don't know why, but I will trust you," was all Critius said. His mind thought only of Jeremy's death, and he wanted revenge. "Find Nathanial," he continued, "and dont make me regret this."
The Montu ships power core suddenly jumped to critical levels before releasing a powerful EMP wave that disabled the surrounding order ships, the Oracion was barely affected and its engines remained. Paladin answered, "You won't," before the Oracion activated cruise and fled, leaving the EMP'd ships adrift. "We've been hacked," Critius said over public comms as the ship slowly regained power. "All systems are down, he must of launched the EMP onboard".