We got tired of asteroid lice setting off our laser wolf traps, so attempted to lower the sensitivity. I think it worked. Widget kept warning me of a colony up ahead, but I didn’t sense anything. Luckily, we saw some flickering lights in a mechanical room. Except, we weren’t looking for that. And suddenly, about half a dozen electrovores burst out of the room and flew past us (explains why I didn’t sense wolves). The room continued to have…. issues. No time to explain! I jumped on Ash’s back and said, “Get me in there!” Thankfully we’ve been crew mates long enough that he didn’t question it.
The mechanical room was a wreck of chewed cables, sparking and touching, and it sounded like it was about to blow up. With a split second to spare, we got the room shut down….