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part of that.
But she trusted her XO and her people .
Other medteks dragged the gathered remains of the dead to the other lift, sealed up in more body bags as the doors to her lift closed.
Then, while she was being treated, she could sense suddenly that the ship was no longer being hit by enemy weapons .
It slowed down from attack speed and came around .
The battle must have concluded in their favor.
Although Zhen told her to rest, Naero insisted on heading to the backup bridge.
Her XO let her take over instantly , part of their agreement.
Protocol dictated that they could not be in the same place during a battle, so Jaylen went up to oversee the main bridge repairs.
Naero checked the displays and noted that the enemy losses amounted to almost two entire fleets–over eighty warships destroyed outright or captured. The combined power of the Alliance fleets closed in to hammer the rest of the enemy that broke and fled.
Naero analyzed their weakness and prepared to adjust her attack s to punish the Triaxians even further.
The n Admiral Kinmal cut in.
“They’re breaking and running, Captain Maeris. Let them go for now.”
“Permission to pursue, sir.”
“Negative. Pull back and regroup.”
“But we can still crush them, sir!”
“Negative. We’ve defeated them, but we’re too beat up. Regroup along the Beta line and put your reduced fixer clouds to work. Refits are going to take longer now because of your little stunt, but good work anyway. Those new fixer techniques worked well.”
“I still want to make them pay,” Naero said .
Admiral Kinmal sighed. “ There have been enough losses on both sides today, N. I thought reports said you were severely injured?”
“Not badly at all, sir. Exaggerations.”
Then I strongly suggest that you g o see to your own dead and wounded for once, Captain Maeris.”
“But I–”
“Take this opportunity to do so. No excuses this time. Consider it an order.”
In the aftermath of the latest intense battle, Naero did exactly as the Admiral commanded.
9
Most of Strike Fleet Six’s wounded were eventually transferred to their hospital ship, The Columbia , once the injured were fully stabilized.
Doctors and surgeons like Zhen and other medical personnel also transferred over to assist–as needed and as able–with the sudden, heavy influx of casualties.
The aftermath of every battle like this one always meant more dead and more wounded.
Naero was always so busy, that to her, they were just numbers and reports sent to her over more data feeds.
But standing in just one of the receiving bays of the hospital ship allowed her to put those numbers into a new perspective.
S o many wounded, flooding in from the entire fleet.
T oo many.
Naero noticed that as soon as she stepped on deck.
She instantly felt ashamed that she had not taken the time to do so during the first few weeks of the expanding conflict–until now.
On her direct , past orders, all busy medical personnel at times like this were exempted from the requirement to salute. Naero wanted them focused completely on their charges, without any needless distractions.
At least she had had the foresight to do that much in advance.
If not killed outright, Naero knew very well, from past discussions with Zhen that, their injured had a excellent chance of survival, recuperation, and recovery. In most cases it would simply take time.
Spacers healed rapidly, at least physically .
Brain and head injuries we re usually involved in most KIAs. Then there were cases when bodies were almost completely obliterated, or reduced to ash or atoms.
But the fact remained, the brain was still too vulnerable, complex, and could not be routinely regenerated. Thankfully, almost every other part of the human body could be.
But the mental and emotional scars of surviving such terrible injuries often took longer to recover from, or simply affected people for the rest of their natural lives.
Naero
But she trusted her XO and her people .
Other medteks dragged the gathered remains of the dead to the other lift, sealed up in more body bags as the doors to her lift closed.
Then, while she was being treated, she could sense suddenly that the ship was no longer being hit by enemy weapons .
It slowed down from attack speed and came around .
The battle must have concluded in their favor.
Although Zhen told her to rest, Naero insisted on heading to the backup bridge.
Her XO let her take over instantly , part of their agreement.
Protocol dictated that they could not be in the same place during a battle, so Jaylen went up to oversee the main bridge repairs.
Naero checked the displays and noted that the enemy losses amounted to almost two entire fleets–over eighty warships destroyed outright or captured. The combined power of the Alliance fleets closed in to hammer the rest of the enemy that broke and fled.
Naero analyzed their weakness and prepared to adjust her attack s to punish the Triaxians even further.
The n Admiral Kinmal cut in.
“They’re breaking and running, Captain Maeris. Let them go for now.”
“Permission to pursue, sir.”
“Negative. Pull back and regroup.”
“But we can still crush them, sir!”
“Negative. We’ve defeated them, but we’re too beat up. Regroup along the Beta line and put your reduced fixer clouds to work. Refits are going to take longer now because of your little stunt, but good work anyway. Those new fixer techniques worked well.”
“I still want to make them pay,” Naero said .
Admiral Kinmal sighed. “ There have been enough losses on both sides today, N. I thought reports said you were severely injured?”
“Not badly at all, sir. Exaggerations.”
Then I strongly suggest that you g o see to your own dead and wounded for once, Captain Maeris.”
“But I–”
“Take this opportunity to do so. No excuses this time. Consider it an order.”
In the aftermath of the latest intense battle, Naero did exactly as the Admiral commanded.
9
Most of Strike Fleet Six’s wounded were eventually transferred to their hospital ship, The Columbia , once the injured were fully stabilized.
Doctors and surgeons like Zhen and other medical personnel also transferred over to assist–as needed and as able–with the sudden, heavy influx of casualties.
The aftermath of every battle like this one always meant more dead and more wounded.
Naero was always so busy, that to her, they were just numbers and reports sent to her over more data feeds.
But standing in just one of the receiving bays of the hospital ship allowed her to put those numbers into a new perspective.
S o many wounded, flooding in from the entire fleet.
T oo many.
Naero noticed that as soon as she stepped on deck.
She instantly felt ashamed that she had not taken the time to do so during the first few weeks of the expanding conflict–until now.
On her direct , past orders, all busy medical personnel at times like this were exempted from the requirement to salute. Naero wanted them focused completely on their charges, without any needless distractions.
At least she had had the foresight to do that much in advance.
If not killed outright, Naero knew very well, from past discussions with Zhen that, their injured had a excellent chance of survival, recuperation, and recovery. In most cases it would simply take time.
Spacers healed rapidly, at least physically .
Brain and head injuries we re usually involved in most KIAs. Then there were cases when bodies were almost completely obliterated, or reduced to ash or atoms.
But the fact remained, the brain was still too vulnerable, complex, and could not be routinely regenerated. Thankfully, almost every other part of the human body could be.
But the mental and emotional scars of surviving such terrible injuries often took longer to recover from, or simply affected people for the rest of their natural lives.
Naero
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