The bursts struck the top of the ship, so 90% of its shield power was diverted there. With the shields better able to protect Destiny, the FTL drive came back online, but Dr. Nicholas Rush diverted power away from the shields secretly so the drive would go back down and he could use the pulsars as leverage against the Lucian Alliance. Leveraging a blast that would completely collapse the shields and kill everyone except Rush, Eli Wallace, Chloe Armstrong and Adam Brody who were safe in the Hydroponics lab, Rush was able to force the Alliance forces to surrender rather than die and restored the shields again, allowing Destiny's FTL drive to come back online again and jump the ship away. There is a single planet within range of Destiny's Stargate from this system, but it was locked out as it