Knight looked up at the steel support beams above him that rattled with the force of the MAC blasts being fired.
"Avalon, who authorised those MACs?" Knight demanded as he rushed out the lab and onto the bridge to witness the two Battle Cruisers float helplessly in the space that surrounded them. Avalon appeared on the bridge in full size.
"Sir, the Col-" Avalon began to answer but Knight looked sharply at Avalon who stopped his explanation. Knight then turned back to the inferno with a confused gaze. A single MAC would have done that sort of damage if the shielding was engaged, nor are they in glassing position, so why were the shields deactive? 
"Avalon, what's going on here?" Knight asked, hi voice reared with anger.

"Upon coming out of slipspace, these cruisers were detected, however, while I could detect lifeforms on board, the entire vessels systems were off line, a distress call was transmitted to us but the Colonel ordered their destruction." Avalon explained.

"So in short, we murdered a few thousand?" Knight sighed but then his interest perked up. "But what caused their entire ship to be knocked out without any external damage."