WHO: Prince Gorak
WHERE: Bridge of Suid Sidal...

Gorak feels now is not the time to fire or kill the most senior engineer on board the ship. He'll save that for later.

Instead he asks his science officer to brief him on the GREASERS Dismantle Ship Mode, which they gave commenced to doing outside with a vengeance.

The officer tells him that the GREASERS are no longer looking for sources of energy, the plasma torpedo gave them all they needed. Now they simply want to break down matter, lots of it, into individual components in order to make more GREASERS to join the already large swarm.

Since the little bugs have no need to bore directly into an energy source, they will spread throughout the outer surface of the warbird. Once they are all spread out, they will start to dismantle the Suid Sidal layer by layer, like an onion.

At the science officer's suggestion Gorak orders that the useless cloak be dropped and that instead some of that power go to polarizing the ship's hull. It might slow the bugs down, a little.

The prince then orders all ship sections around the outer hull evacuated and sealed off against sudden depressurization. Finally, he asks that some triticale tea be brought to him and that a bit of fennili be put into it.

Just then, Yeoman Glarissa comes on the intercom sounding very anxious.

Glarissa:"Gory, I just thought you should know that I have picked out a favorite Sultra. For some reason 'Firey Phoenix Alights Upon Trembling Flower' looks very appealing to me, m’lord. However, it’s very difficult to practice this one alone..."

Gorak perks up upon hearing the news.