The ventilation system began working as the exhaust fan sucked out the smoke from the core module. The air inside the module gradually became clear as the system once again had control over the Crystal after the reboot.
At first, Mai Dong wasn't certain about the extent of damage the United Space Station had suffered. This was the second time the space station had been in an accident. But compared to the Eagle's collision from half a year ago, that was nothing.
Orion II and the Eagle were different. The Eagle was only half a lander. It had low mass and slow speeds, but the Orion II was a gigantic spacecraft about the size of the space station. The result of its collision was the near destruction of the entire space station. The Crystal had survived thanks to its solid body, but apart from the Crystal, the United Space Station had almost nothing left.
