Than she had shown during their conversation. It was obvious to Tambu that she had been playing 'straight man' to his show-off performance so that he would have a chance to talk things out a bit. Still even she.

"The last volley was all we had left!" "Damn!" Wilson cursed slamming her hand down on the arm of her chair. "Shield status?" "Aft shields have collapsed. Forward shields at twenty-seven percent port lateral grid collapsed starboard lateral grid holding at seventeen percent!" We're finished Wilson thought bitterly. One more disruptor strike will punch holes in the primary.
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He picked out Neuville as the captain of the Pique strode aft to receive his surrender cast his eyes aloft to see that all was well there and then took up the task of combating the fire. The flames were overcome in time more because they had consumed everything within reach of them than for any other reason; the Pique was burnt from the taffrail forward for some feet of her length right to the water's edge so that she presented a strange spectacle when viewed from the deck of the Indefatigable. Nevertheless she was in no immediate danger; given even moderate good fortune and a little hard work she could be sailed to England to be repaired and sent to sea again. But it was not her salvage that was important but rather the fact that she was no longer in French hands would no longer be available to prey on English commerce. That was the point that Sir Edward Pellew.
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