[ WP ] Tell me the middle of a sci-fi epic . No beginning or introduction to the setting or characters , nor any context to what 's going on , and no resolution of any kind .

The engines cut out; the lights flicked off and the Nav went dark. 
 
 Then the Auva stopped firing. All of them. At once. 
 
 Nobody said anything for a full minute. L'od waited for the ship to rock, but it never did. It was silent. *Like a submarine in one of those Old Earth flatpics. The Hunt for Red October. * He thought he could almost picture the actor. *What was, it, Alex Bodwin? It was the guy with the brass balls. * 
 
 `` I could use a set of brass balls right about now,'' he murmured. 
 
 There was not a single sound from space. 
 
 He faced the bridge. 
 
 `` Alright everyone, here's the deal. We're dead in the water. We've got to assume the Auva are dead in the water as well. I do n't know how much time we've got; we may not have any at all. Kax, get to engine room, find out what's going on down there.'' 
 
 `` Headed there now, Big Guy. I've got Blue on the radio, he's down there already but he says it ai n't good,'' Kax uncoupled himself from the Nav and sped towards the maintenance shaft. L'od turned back to the crew. 
 
 `` Juda, shields. The backup grid's up, but until we can get the main going we're going to need to dump everything we can at the shields. They do n't have kinetics... I do n't know what kind of sonics they've got besides those LG77s, but they are n't getting them through the shields *and* the dampeners on this old girl.'' 
 
 He paused; Juda looked worried for a moment, then scampered away. 
 
 `` Meelo, get up here. Lucy, Abo; I ran out of ideas. I'm sure you've got some.'' Abo immediately lit up. 
 
 `` L'od, yes! I was immediately considering-'' 
 
 `` No time, Abo, just do it. Take Lucy with you if you need muscle.'' Abo took Lucy's hand and ran to towards the Simdeck. 
 
 L'od turned to Meelo. 
 
 `` Alright Meelo. Tell me what the fuck is going on here.'' 
 
 
 
 

