"Power restored," Oris reported. "The DAB-X is maintaining a steady state. Temperature nominal."

Because it was , the volatile surges of the battery banks couldn't "leak" back and fry the station’s delicate life-support sensors. Magnetic induction kept the two worlds separate but perfectly synced.

"Symmetry achieved," Elara noted. The converter was now "pushing" power from the batteries back to the main bus with 98% efficiency. The bridge was open, the current flowing smoothly across the high-frequency gap.

"Power levels dropping in Sector 4," the AI, Oris, crackled over the comms. "The solar arrays are shaded by the moon’s limb. We’re losing the main bus."

The lights in Sector 4 flickered, then stabilized into a warm, steady glow.