He finishes the diagnostics, realizing of the situation with the ion-directionalizer in both engines, he picks up the stellar-communication device and connects it to the power supply, transmitting on various wavelengths, subspace and normal, to reach his mobile base. "This is Wolf O'Donnell, the Red Fang has taken damage into the ion-directionalizer and cannot take-off." He records the message and sends it in a databurst loop so that it consumes minimal energy and yet gets the message out on the selected wavelengths.