Starship Doi by Alex Deva

Author:Alex Deva [Deva, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2015-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

"Command, this is the brig."

"Yes, Travis?" answered Hendricks.

"Sir, one of the guys had this in his pocket."

The comms officer looked down at the screen in front of him, where Thomas Travis brought an object in front of his ship-link camera. It was flat, shiny and reflective on one side, metallic on the other.

Hendricks' heart skipped a beat, and it was all he could do to keep a poker face.

"Erm, yeah, what is it?" he asked innocently.

"We don't know, sir. We think maybe it's the remote control for the ship's airlock or grav system, but we've never actually seen them use it, and we don't wanna even try to turn it on."

"Which of the guys had it?"

"The short one, sir."

It fits, thought Hendricks.

"I don't know what to write in the report about it, and I thought maybe you could help me, sir."

"Ah, yeah, no problem. Send it over through the mag and I'll have a look. In fact, I'll show it to the commander, maybe he'll know what it is."

"Thanks, sir. So you'll look after it, then?"

"Yeah, sure. Just mag it over, will you, Travis."

"Right away, sir."

Hendricks undid his straps and floated towards the module entrance. Next to the door, in white over red letters, a small sign read "MAG TUN". Underneath, a small screen said: "BUSY". He waited for a few seconds for the mini-shuttle to travel the length of the ship, levitating in its computer controlled magnetic field. It arrived, braked automatically, and the screen changed into "READY". He opened the access drawer, made sure nobody was seeing him, and retrieved the object inside.

He returned to his station, carefully palming it against his space suit. Only after he retook his seat and strapped in, did he dare risk a glance at it.

In the middle of the metallic side, in a three-hundred-year-old alphabet, were inscribed three lowercase letters: htc.

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