A coded message is sent to the pirate fleet and now it is just a matter of time before the attack. It could be up to an hour, it could be a matter of minutes. We are not privy to its location or point of origin. The goal of such an attack was to "steal" the fuel here rather than destroy it, and then leave the base in shambles. So, the threat of bombardment is minimal for the time-being.Once we take control, I think we should start having the comms personnel relay our orders to the rest of the base, but I can also have Thino take control of one terminal in order to give a secret message, and he wont try to be covert about it, he will literally just say he has a secret message he needs to send and requires a terminal, they already think he is a spy so there shouldn't be any resistance from them. there he will contact our npc's still on the ship and have them swing by and pick up our men and the prisoners before the admiral can get to them, and then maybe they could come and help us our here.
The group looks to each other as if to inquire of each other what their next move is.