Order the rescue while the Destroyer is boarded

"I trust you Astrid, I don't want to leave anyone we don't have to. What's your plan?" Katla asked

"Main approaches are set to fuck up anyone who tries to get through. Kane has Bay 1 completely empty and half of Bay 2 so our perimeter is shrinking nicely. That gives me about 12 to send. Should be enough to punch through anything in the way." Astrid said, her voice confident.

"Sounds good. While Saga would look cute with a baby bump I want her getting it on her terms." Katla joked.

"I'll let her know you said that." She could practically hear the eye-roll from her second in command. Not that Saga would mind. She'd made it clear that she planned to start a family at some point and that she fully intended to bear at least one of the children.

"I'm all about that sentimentality. Now go save our red-head. I know how much you want her to spread her genes."

"I'm... more into blondes." Astrid cut the connection right afterward and began to give orders. There seemed to be a strange inflection in her voice for the first few before clearing up. She didn't have time to think of that however as the Divine Right finally came alongside the disabled destroyer. The fact that it didn't instantly shift ownership making it known that there was still someone 'alive' on it.

"We're ready to board Captain. Walkway seal is good." A junior Lieutenant had been tapped as the leader of the boarding party. The ship was stationary relative to the Right and the Gallant Fury was sandwiching it to the other side. They hadn't deployed a walkway and likely wouldn't unless something urgent came up.

As it was the boarding party moved across, their motions showing their inexperience as they cleared the gap between the two ships. The enemy airlock on the other end having already been hacked and overridden by the seal. Fortunately as they entered the ship they encountered no enemy fire. The fifteen member boarding crew splitting into groups of five as they moved to the critical objectives. Alpha to the Bridge, Bravo to Engineering and Checkers to the Engines.

Bravo reached their objective first, the team practically screaming for a grenade to hit them as they clumped their way through the door. Fortunately they were only greeted by a clattering sound followed by a translated "Fuck!". Two IAA crew had been playing some sort of stacking game to pass the time. The red outlines around them announcing the fact that they were dead. They made sure to stay still as the team secured the room, finding no others.

"Engineering secure." Bravo team's leader reported before turning to the two captives. "Sorry about that." She said indicating the fallen tower of random objects. They were unable to answer as their collars enforced their 'deadness' but they were still able to shrug.

Alpha team was next, the door to the bridge opening only for the first one in the doorway to get a face full of fire, falling backwards as her armor failed. Stunting the rest of the team from following up. Katla could tell there was only one shooter. Who was apparently determined to not go without a fight. "Bridge! We've got one down!" The Lieutenant announced, her voice showing far more panic than the situation dictated.

While that was going on Checkers team took the engine room. They'd come across several 'bodies' on the way. Indicating most of those on board had been devoted to escape rather than fighting back.

"Engine room secure." There had been a single crew-member still alive but she threw her pistol aside rather than get into a shootout she knew she would lose.

"Bridge secure." That wasn't the Lieutenant's voice. The bridge team had taken two more casualties before securing the position. The Lieutenant among them.

With that final seizure, the destroyer now belonged to the Queendom of Avalon, as did its 15 member skeleton crew.