Close to the final moment before the devourers tore into the Gregarious Wrath, Ves gained a new idea. "Chief! Can the dimensional smoothers be overloaded?"
"Huh?"
"The dimensional smoothers that protect us from wrinkles in spacetime! Can their power be cranked up any further?"
"It's not that simple!" The chief shook his head. "We borrowed them from the MTA under punishing conditions. If we damage them in any way, there's hell to pay!"
"Well, the energy snakes are about to breach inside the Wrath, so I hardly think this is the time to hold back!"
The chief faced a lot of pressure with this decision. The devourers wouldn't give him enough time to discuss the option with the captain. His eyes hardened as he decisively took action. His fingers brushed across a couple of options in the projected panel.
"Let's see what happens if we dial the power up to a 150 percent!"
