The Solar System by Gary Russel

Author:Gary Russel [Russel, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ibm
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

`Captain Kelligan.' The nasal whine grated on Norma's brain like a rat

scratching at the door. It never ceased to amaze her that telepathic voices

were, without exception, exactly the same as those produced by their

owners' larynxes.

`This is Kelligan,' she sent mentally.

Àh, there you are, Captain,' oozed Hepton condescendingly. 'I trust your tour of duty is going well?'

Norma tensed, trying to calm herself before signalling involuntarily

what had just happened to Hendryk Koopmaan. She wasn't sure why she

wanted to keep it from the Director of Operations Jupiter ) except that he

would somehow make her feel that she was to blame. That and the fact

that she knew Hepton didn't care one way or the other about the dredger

crews as long as Corporation profit margins weren't affected, decided her

to confine the details of the accident to her official log.

Ì sense that it is not but, even without sense, I could hardly fail to notice two million credits' worth of thruster going boom-boom along with its

valuable cargo.'

Ì am investigating the incident and will, of course, file a full report with ii

the Corporation.'

Ì know you will, Captain. And as I am the Corporation on Jupiter, I look

forward to that report with the greatest anticipation. Before you begin

your paperwork, however, allow me to inform you that our sensors have

detected a rich stream of methane in your vicinity. If you act swiftly and

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