Noemi closed her eyes and took a deep breath as she forced herself to calm down despite the fact that her own implants were screaming about an unknown phenomenon ahead of them. Having heard about portals from the other Sephiroth, she figured that this was his doing.
However, she calmly spoke up to the crew, “If any of you are afraid of what may lie on the other side of that anomaly, go to the escape pods and leave now. I will not discredit you for choosing your lives over this venture.”
Thus, within a few moments, a few members of the crew quickly got out of their seats and left for the escape pods. However, the mass majority were more loyal to Noemi than anyone else. So, they stayed.
By the time the last escape pod left the Halcyon, the ship began to drift through the rift that Sephiroth had made.