Complications
Since the EMP knocked out primary power, all space stations have reverted to backup power, and a default maximum threat level has been applied.
The unfortunate result is that all security systems that were designed to protect our stations from attack have instead become prisons, trapping survivor pods behind an impenetrable wall of dangerous energy and firepower!
This scenario is awkward enough, but to make matters worse, the security systems are protected by a networked shield, and are therefore indestructible to all known weapons!
However, there is a failsafe mechanism; a series of circuit breaker switches that can be used to deactivate the shield network manually.