While Tatehan might have survived the attack unscathed, his hand phasing through the plasma beam like it was nothing, he wasn't sure the Skyblade would be so lucky.
The beam had missed him, but it hadn't missed the craft.
The superheated energy sliced through the Skyblade's left wing like a hot knife through butter, severing control surfaces and rupturing fuel lines in an instant. Alarms screamed in Tatehan's helmet, warning lights flashing red across his HUD as the craft began to spin, the controls going dead in his hands.
The Skyblade was going down.
And it was doing so fast!
Tatehan had maybe two seconds before the whole thing exploded, taking him with it.
He didn't hesitate.
