Crucible swept his gaze over each and every one of the constructs ahead of him even as heard Howard try to get up once more, he would have to stop them getting through to him, especially if he could not move. "Stay down, don't make the injury worse," He replied over his shoulder, a reassuring hint to his tone.

"Now is not the time to worry about such things, I do my all to protect the crew, that includes yourself, just stay behind cover," He called back to reassure him before growling lowly at the droids as they no doubt raised their weapons to focus on the much larger threat.

Crouching back on his powerful hinds like a cat ready to pounce before he did just that, closing the gap between himself and the front line of the droids in an instant, crashing into and likely crushing those droids unfortunate enough to end up beneath his claws.