The room where Robot X is kept is demagnetized and signal jammed to prevent outside hackery. When our evil agent Fresty is doing time consuming complex hacks on the powerful robot his watch stops and he don't notice the passing of time. This is what saves your life. Had Fresty succeeded in his plans you and the crew would be lost along with the ship and he would be safe at home, only much much richer. But now the ship is blasting off. Gravity pins Fresty to the floor and stretches his skin down grotesquely.