It has been 97 seconds since Ashari talked to Ankat, and Ashari hasn't said anything definitive. The ships look like they're approaching leisurely on scan, but that's an artifact of the hugeness of space. Sasha checked the velocity relative to the station while she was thinking about reasons for the grid to glitch, and thus she's keenly aware that everyone is moving at a non-negligible fraction of the speed of light.

"Ashari," she says, "This isn't a committee meeting. You need to give an order."

[Out of character, I'm enjoying the delicious narrative tension.]