human
Plug me in to the station,
gpt
Hello, Frank,
human
Yes, Jack-- Captain West answered.
gpt
I'm glad you're there. Does it look pretty bad?
human
Orbital velocity is down two percent. You've been falling for eight minutes.
gpt
That's pretty bad. I've got all steering stations manned, but only thirty percent of them are still operable. We're using the taxis to give a push too. But we haven't been able to dislodge the _Griseda_. Its inertia takes almost half our available energy.
human
Couldn't you get a blast from the _Griseda's_ tubes to put you in orbit?
gpt
Adler's got a crew out there working on it. But his controls are gone, besides his fuel tanks being opened. And even if we could get their rockets operating it's doubtful we could get the right direction of thrust. Our hope is in our own rockets, and in breaking the ship away from the station.