The eerie green stinger beams struck the Benatar's engines and shield generators with pinpoint accuracy!
Boom! Kaboom!
The ship shuddered violently, alarms shrieking! Thick black smoke billowed from its rear engine exhausts as power output plummeted! The shield generators overloaded, and the energy barrier flickered, its strength dropping sharply!
"Engine damage! Power down sixty percent! Shields below thirty percent! We're sitting ducks!" Rocket clung desperately to the console amid the violent shaking and screamed.
"Hold steady! Evasive maneuvers!" Star-Lord fought to control the nearly unresponsive ship, narrowly dodging several more green beams as explosive shock waves sent the hull rolling.
"The Zeta Hive! Those sneaky bastards!" Gamora swore, quickly checking the weapons systems.
Drax roared as he hefted a heavy Blaster Cannon. "Let me blast these bugs to pieces!"
Like sharks scenting blood, the three Hive ships closed in from three directions. Dense volleys of stinger beams and viscous, corrosive energy nets swept toward them! They clearly intended to capture the Benatar or disable it completely!
"We can't just sit here and take it!" Lin Ye's gaze turned icy as he instantly activated his [Thunder Emperor Descends] form! Lightning blazed around him as he forcibly steadied the shaking ship!
"Rocket! Put everything into repairing the engines and shields! Star-Lord, maneuver on my command! Gamora, Drax, covering fire! Banner, prepare long-range support!"
The orders came in rapid succession, and the team sprang into action!
Cursing, Rocket scrambled into the engine compartment, his claws flying as he replaced burned-out circuits and activated backup power units.
Star-Lord cooperated fully, temporarily linking the ship's controls to Lin Ye's perception. With his extraordinary instincts and piloting skills, he pulled off a series of astonishing evasive maneuvers amid the barrage.
Gamora and Drax operated the ship's guns and missiles, precisely intercepting the incoming energy nets and