01.09: The Hastam’s command crew activates an Omega Protocol effectively disabling the frigate as a military asset. A hellhound, backed by a squad of legionnaires and a tribune, attacks Fenris’ team at the port weapon’s array. Four technicians assault the bridge, but are mercilessly gunned down by Etox’s disruptors. Trapped on the lift, two grimfangs are immolated by the hellhound; leaping free, the reckoner avoids a similar fate. The dog soldier lobs a grenade down the corridor that damages the hellhound and badly wounds the tribune. The reckoner slays the tribune and then finishes the hellhound. Van Drak and the grimsfangs lay fire on the legionnaires driving them back and killing most as they attempt to withdraw. Meanwhile, another squad of legionnaires closes in on Ransom, as he approaches the starboard weapons array, and a boarding response team reaches the bridge. Ransom holds off the legionnaires with a hail of bullets and shrapnel as the dog soldier’s team begins moving towards his position. Etox holds the bridge under heavy fire dropping one Martian after another. The dog soldier arrives at the starboard weapon’s array as Ransom bypasses the door and quickly forces the gunners there to surrender. The dog soldier holds his ground as the legionnaires launch grenades at his position, but is wounded by shrapnel, as his team returns fire. Fenris then seizes an incinerator from a fallen legionnaire finishing off the few remaining survivors. With thirteen kills, Etox’s relentless fire leaves only one Martian alive who closes the bulkhead door just before techs that breached the scalpel blow the mag clamps venting the bridge’s atmosphere into the void. Etox somehow manages to jam himself into the hole in the frigate’s hull and hang on so the he too isn’t vented into the black. A third squad of legionnaires attempt to reach the starboard weapon’s array by the lift, but the first wave are gunned down. With over seventy of the Hastam’s crew dead or wounded, Legate Claudia Cicero offers Captain Ransom a truce allowing the assault party to collect their casualties and leave.