The men skidded to a stop and surveyed the women and children–eyeing the burnt-out house and trying to see everything at once. Thomas spoke first. “Is everybody alright?” Tanyth nodded. “We’re all fine. Singed a little here and there, but they got Josh and this house is probably not going to be h...
I used the time to finish the data extractions for the log entries on systems that had shut down cleanly. I had the new data plugged into the time-delay model by the end of the watch. It was odd working on the bridge with the ship docked. I had gotten used to the dimness of the lighting while und...
Arellone.” I banged on her door at 0700. “Uniform of the day is shipsuit.” I heard a muffled curse from the other side, and took that as a sign she was awake. I’d agreed not to leave the room without her to guard my body, but I already grew tired of the routine, and didn’t...
She lead Rebecca down pier three, walking by large letters painted on the bollards in a regular off-set pattern with A on one side and B across from it. Berth J was near the end closest to the harbor’s mouth. A cold wind blew steadily along the length of the broad stonework and they soon walked w...
Between the system checks and updates, brainstorming with Ms. “Call me Mel” Menas, and all the associated running up and down ladders from the bridge, to storage lockers, to data closets, I felt like I’d earned my pay. It felt good. At 17:30 I secured my station on the bri...