Enemy of my Enemy (Horatio Logan Chronicles Book 1) by Hechtl Chris

Author:Hechtl, Chris [Hechtl, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Self
Published: 2016-07-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

Horatio called a staff meeting once he had a dozen personnel. He had four enlisted, two of them fresh out of enlisted training. He had two noncom techs, three dispirited naval architects, two yeomen, himself and Olson—five officers, eight enlisted. His own baker dozen of misfits.

He'd put in requests with BuPers to get some of the team. So far the requests had gone unanswered.

“Up until now we've been spinning our wheels. Today that changes,” he said as he turned the holo emitter on the table on. He could tell from the dull looks of some of the personnel that it was going to be a tough sell. Morale was going to be a problem. Everyone knew he was a pariah, and they were resigned or reluctant to help him. Some resented being stuck with him.

“This isn't going to be your ordinary paper study that goes nowhere. Get that through your heads now. We're going to have to find a way to not only build this ship, but also demonstration components leading up to the full scale ship.”

A familiar person raised his hands part ways to get the commodore's attention. “Sir, why a factory tender? Why not a transport? Didn't I hear that we needed them to get personnel and equipment through the rapids that way?” Lieutenant Olson asked as his hand dropped.

Horatio nodded. “Good point. The good news is we're building a modular design here. I have many of the blueprints memorized or in my implants,” Horatio said. “That includes the Dora, Liberty, and Cervidae classes. We're effectively shooting for a Liberty class using as much native built parts as we can get away with,” Horatio said. He replaced the image of the tender with a Liberty class. The ship slowly spun in place.

“A Dora is too small, though it would be a nice test bed. A Cervidae is too large; we'd never get funding. A ship the size of a Liberty, with most of the same specs, is just right. But we're going to have to improvise as I said.”

“Goldilocks,” Lieutenant Nadir Holbar murmured. Lieutenant Nadir was one of the three naval architects and the only one that was human. The other two were Lieutenant Commander Dreamer of Ships and Ensign Ashanti. Ensign Ashanti was fresh out of the academy and was still attending college. The Neolioness was young but eager, while the other two architects had a more sullen fatalistic attitude about them.

Dreamer of Ships was one of the best in BuShips but he was surly with a string of insubordination marks in his record. He was too good to fire, but he'd been passed over for promotion so often that he was on his way out as of the next cycle. He also had nowhere to go; scuttlebutt said he'd pissed off a lot of the civilian contractors.

Horatio could understand where the T'clock was coming from. He also appreciated that he was blunt. But he was a bit too pessimistic. Some pessimism was a good thing;

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