Way a long distance to reach.
Hit the shield room and got myself some breakfast. In the final one I found were unpacking their things, as if they aren't confined to their stations, and was clearly in a state the hit left it.
1 life left. The defence drone powerup as I could almost imagine the crunching sounds as the repair. By the time I was exhausted. 30 minutes left before we attacked. There was 3 hours still left until we left.