Live Free or Die by John Ringo

Author:John Ringo
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Tags: Fantasy, Thriller, Humour, Azizex666, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781439133323
Publisher: Baen
Published: 2010-02-02T05:00:00+00:00

Nine

"How did it go?" Gnad said nervously.

"Exactly as I predicted," Steve said. "Despite my absolute best efforts to spin it properly, he hit the roof. He's out of the partnership."

"That would be . . . hard to do," the vice president said.

"No, it's not," Steve said. "All he has to do is point to the design parameters and then to the ship. Not to mention simply withhold all future support. As I stated when I came onboard this operation and saw both the contract and what you were actually doing. That is not a test-bed for a shuttle and that was clear from the beginning. And he made the same point that I made, which is that a shuttle would have probably been easier to do and actually what the primary partner, and primary potential customer, asked for. Boeing screwed its commercial customer, which was a huge market, to keep its military customers, which will not be a huge market, happy. Furthermore, you screwed Tyler Vernon, the guy who stared down the Horvath over maple syrup. And you screwed him on a three billion dollar deal. Even for Tyler, that's got to hurt."

"You keep saying 'you,' " Dr. Givens said.

"Which is the other part," Steve said, handing Gnad a piece of paper. "My resignation. I didn't start this abortion, I tried to stop it and I nearly got killed and just pissed off a guy I like and admire by failing to fix it. Maybe if I grovel, I can still get a job on one of the garbage scows he's going to buy from the Glatun since he can't trust Boeing. Or, by extension, any other aeronautics or military contractor. So I'm out of here. See ya."

"You have a lot of out-brief to do," Gnad said angrily.

"Funny, that," Steve said, pausing at the door. "If you get laid off, security can have you on the street in three minutes. In case you hadn't noticed, I took all my personal effects home the first day I saw that piece of junk you call a space fighter. As I said: Seeeee ya."

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