Chapter 750

• First, he disabled the camera pointing at the door and returned to the old man's body to get his bracelet. Now that he knew how to operate the locked doors, he assumed Kaan's old childhood friend would have the greatest access to the ship.
• It was a tight fit, but Ben got the bracelet on his left wrist and used it to open the hold while he wielded the two remaining shock sticks. He was alone when the door opened.
• His priority was to disable the ship to give searchers a chance to find them. He quickly moved through the ship's lower levels, expecting an attack around every corner, and found an electrical room near the engines. He set his weapons down and opened the panels to discover one of the neatest and most intuitive labeling jobs he'd ever seen. Favoring pictographs to written descriptions, the diagram helped Ben isolate all circuits not linked to communications as he hoped to call for help. He blessed the installer's obsession with clarity.