Rear Guard

Defender Zik, aboard the Temerity, flies over the damaged section of the Kodiak 2 and asks James Anchor how they’re doing. Everyone else has escaped, it’s just down to them, and James reassures Zik that the Kodiak can escape. In fact, he urges Zik to escape while he can, because Queen Elcyra is powering up another enormous laser blast!
The two vessels jump into hyperspace, each to their own scatter destinations, eager to reunite later back home on Zoz…