Kat glanced at the hatch, then muttered a curse under her breath. “Come in!” The door opened, revealing the XO. “You didn’t answer the buzzer,” he said. “I was worried.” “I’m fine,” Kat said, crossly. She glanced down at the datapad in her hand. “I was reading the personnel files.” “We caught the spy,” the XO said. “Or one of them, if there is more than one.” Kat nodded slowly. “Did you know that Midshipwoman Toni Jackson was in a band? That she had a handful of friends who played in bars on Tyre, when they had a chance to meet up? That she turned down a music deal to remain in the Navy?” “No, Captain,” the XO said. “Or that Lieutenant Sally Pagan loved old books,” Kat added. “She was a reservist; she worked at the Planetary Library after retiring from the Navy the first time and is credited with restoring a very old copy of Foundation.
