[ that makes her frown and she resolves to ask him about the hand and any possible wound on it once he's no longer trying to salvage what is left of the ship. ]

The communication system? Can you see if it is still able to contact the home base of this ship? We may not have an idea of where that is... but any contact is better than being stranded here with so many wounded. [ even if the contact goes to the empire, she thinks privately. ]