Omega Force 8: The Human Factor by Joshua Dalzelle

Author:Joshua Dalzelle [Dalzelle, Joshua]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 2940157777401
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Goodreads: 29739579
Publisher: Joshua Dalzelle
Published: 2016-03-28T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“We’re up to eighty-five percent of maximum slip velocity,” Twingo said loudly as he walked onto the bridge. “Kage is making our guest comfortable in starboard berthing. You need anything else before I hit the rack?”

“Nope, I’m good, bud,” Jason said from where he was slouching in the pilot’s seat. “I’ll tell the computer to keep an eye on our new friend and then I guess it’s a boring, long slip-space flight back to Terranovus.”

“Not quite,” Twingo said. “We have to stop off and reprovision. The rations Kage brought with him are already almost gone and the processor may have just gasped its last breath. It was leaking some sort of sludge out the back and the smell is pretty bad when you get close to it. I wouldn’t suggest eating anything that comes out of it.”

“How the hell are we out of rations already?”

“I think Crusher may have been eating two or three at a time,” Twingo said uncomfortably. “Or four.”

“That fat sack of crap,” Jason griped, sitting up straight and punching up a menu on his navigation panel. “Fine. I’ll pick us a waypoint. Go ahead and get some rack time, but your first priority on your next watch is to pull that processor and get it down to the cargo bay. We’re tossing it out the back when we’re over a planet.”

“We could just disassemble it and feed it into the recycler,” Twingo said.

“That damn thing has been the bane of my existence ever since we reformed this outfit,” Jason shook his head. “I want it and its bad juju off my ship.”

“You’re the boss,” Twingo shrugged. “Whatever the hell juju is will soon be a fiery streak through some poor bastard’s atmosphere soon enough.”

“That’s what I like to hear. Sleep well.” Jason was scrolling through a list of known ports of call and calculating the time and distance it would take to divert the Phoenix there, grab supplies, and be on their way again. “For a big man you are very, very quiet,” he said after a moment. “Some would even say sneaky.”

“You mind if I come up here?” Russ Johnson asked from the bridge hatchway.

“Knock yourself out,” Jason said. Russ turned a few times on the bridge before settling for a sensor station along the port side that was inactive, spinning the seat around so he could look out at the simulated starfield and see Jason at the same time.

“I feel like I’m part of a prisoner exchange program.”

“I had nothing to do with that,” Jason shrugged. “Carolyn wanted to stay aboard the Coronado for some reason, and your commander wanted someone to come with us. I don’t necessarily trust her any more than any of you, so to me it’s just one more extra person onboard.”

“So … we’re cool, man?” Russ asked, the hesitation evident in his voice. “I mean, you’re not going to toss me out of an airlock or anything, are you?”

“No,” Jason chuckled in spite of himself. “I understand following

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