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The transmission of the Rust-Bucket Nebula didn't just fail; it screamed in binary before melting into a puddle of slag.

Jax looked at the glowing, jury-rigged monstrosity he’d built. "Don't ask me how it works, Cap," he whispered, closing his eyes. "Just don't turn it off."

"We’re drifting in the Void, Jax. If we don’t get moving, the scavengers will find us before the oxygen runs out." fantastic_mechanic.rar

Jax didn't answer. He was already diving back in. To anyone else, the engine was a mess of wires and gears. To Jax, it was a symphony that had gone out of tune. He closed his eyes, placing his oil-stained hands on the vibrating hull. He felt the rhythmic pulse of the auxiliary power, the stutter of the cooling fans, and the hollow silence where the drive should be humming.

"Jax?" Hix’s voice came over the speaker, sounding breathless. "We’re doing twelve knots over light speed. How?" The transmission of the Rust-Bucket Nebula didn't just

Captain Hix stood over the open access hatch, the red emergency lighting of the cargo bay making the scene look like a crime scene. "Tell me you can fix it, Jax," he sighed, looking at the figure submerged in the engine’s guts.

The ship bucked. A sound like a thousand glass bells shattering echoed through the hull. Then, the violent shaking smoothed into a low, melodic purr. The stars outside the viewport stretched into long, white ribbons. "Just don't turn it off

"Jax, if this blows, we won't even have time to scream," Hix replied from the bridge. "Just punch it, Cap."