The Big Boost (Tales of the Continuing Time) by Moran Daniel Keys

Author:Moran, Daniel Keys [Moran, Daniel Keys]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FS&
Published: 2011-04-20T22:00:00+00:00

THE LIST BROKE down:

Graveyard:

Navigation

Combat Systems Integration

Tactical Support

Slipship Remote Management

Slipship Launch and Support

Troop Carrier Launch and Support

Laser Cannon

Missiles

Day:

Intership Communications

Remote Instrumentation

Ship Security

Personnel Interaction

Library Management

InfoSystems Redundancy

Swing:

Lifesystems

Ship farm

Damage Control

Systems Repair & Trauma center

Surgery and Sick Bay

Water Cracker

Torches

Trent hammered it out, giving way where it mattered, cutting off discussion where it suited him. He caught Ken, Eloise, and Jean-Paul all exchanging glances at various points, but that was fine; if they wanted to conclude that Eugene Yovia had developed a swelled ego during his time downside, it wasn’t Trent’s problem as long as it didn’t affect their work.

It would certainly never really be Eugene Yovia’s problem – the man could never return to Unification space unless he or the Unification had died.

Trent let graveyard – consisting of five of the six DataWatch officers, with only Jean-Paul assigned to swing – have the weapons work, and gave swing most of the maintenance work. He hardly cared about either of them: if he did his job correctly, his real job, neither of those areas would ever have an opportunity to matter to anyone.

When they were done he had gotten the four jobs he wanted: ship security, personnel interaction, library management, and infosystems redundancy – Monitor itself.

He had only one real argument, from Ken. Ken had done most of the original work implementing ship security, and felt, not unreasonably, that he could do a better job recoding it than anyone else. “It’ll take you years! Years!”

“I won’t have any argument on this one,” said Trent. “The new Chief of Security for Halfway is a sharp woman, an Elite. Melissa du Bois.” He nodded at the six Peaceforcers gathered around the table. “Perhaps some of you officers know her. This is the major area where I’ll have to coordinate with her, and I need to know what’s going on. I’ll be happy to take any advice you’ve got for me, Ken, but I need to be on top of this one personally.”

“I suppose,” drawled Keith Daniels, sitting at the far end of the table in his Space Force fatigues, “that it wouldn’t make a great deal of sense to have a Space Force officer in charge of security aboard a Space Force vehicle.”

Trent smiled at the man. Daniels was young for a Lieutenant in Space Force, twenty-three, with fair blond hair and gray-blue eyes; he reminded Trent a little of himself, a decade ago, before the endless rounds of biosculpture had begun. Daniels had been a teenage computerist in Space Force OCS when the Rebs had turned him. It must have seemed terribly exciting at the time, back in early ’76 – before watching dozens of Space Forcers go up against the wall, two of his handlers among them, watching them die under PKF lasers, and knowing that he was likely to be next at any moment. Doubtless that had aged the boy some. Trent rather admired his bravery, making the comment: it was in character for a good, partisan Space Force officer, even if it did bring up the very subject Daniels had to want to avoid.

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