Delaney figures it would take, at a bare minimum, at least twenty minutes for the Hegar's Pride's 77 crew and 200 passengers to be beamed over. It would take less time to beam the freighter's warp core out into space, but that would be far trickier, and could still result in casualties. There is nothing, he believes, that the Yorktown could now beam over to the stricken ship to avert a warp core breach.
Fujishiro notices escape pods beginning to spill from the freighter. One... then another two... and another two. They would be vulnerable to photon torpedo detonations in the vicinity, she knows.
In light of the Security Alert, Dr. Bucci tells Dr. T'Var to remain on the Bridge until further notice.
The Orion ships are bearing in. O1 fires its two forward phasers at the Yorktown's bow, striking a glancing blow on the forward shields, which hold steady. The ship shudders just a little. O2 is making a flanking manuever to fire on your starboard side, and O3 has now stopped, Collins notes from long-range scan.