Part 2, Chapter 7 A Taste of the Void Summary

Toby longs to stay on the Bridge as the ship speeds along the galactic jet into the vortex, but he has agro duty. Later, he learns that as he was seeding an agro dome, more mech ships were sighted. They attack from several angles. Toby hears a whoosh as the dome above him vaporizes. He spins away toward the void. The automatic airlock has already closed, protecting the atmosphere in the rest of the ship. Flapping his arms wildly, Toby works his way toward the emergency entry. The other four workers in the dome are lost, drifting out into the un-breathable void or fried by electrical lightening. Argo's automatic defenses inflict heavy losses on the mechs, and they retreat.

Part 2, Chapter 7 A Taste of the Void Analysis

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