\n7 Eamis 1117: Jumpspace<\/b><\/p>\n
I slept later than usual, and when I woke up, the room was empty. I quickly hit the fresher, switched to a fresh shipsuit, then entered the crew lounge.<\/p>\n
It was empty too. I stopped long enough to grab a breakfast flip and a few beers from the dispenser, then cycled into the bridge.<\/p>\n
It was empty also. I climbed up into the Captain’s Chair and started looking through displays while I slowly ate the flip. I had forgotten how bland and tasteless the fabricated versions of those were.<\/p>\n
I pushed half of it aside, opened a beer, then resumed my review of our status. Everything looked good. Most everyone seemed to be staying in their cabins. Not that I blamed them. I had low-priority messages from both Jami and Shelly, and I tagged them to read when I got a chance.<\/p>\n
Then I noticed that the gunnery suite was under power. I opened a comm.<\/p>\n
“Uh… this is Derek up on the bridge. Something going on?”<\/p>\n
“Oh! You’re awake. Finally.” It was Saahna.<\/p>\n
“Yeah. You could have woken me up, you know.”<\/p>\n
“I figured you needed to sleep. When you returned to the bunk, you didn’t sound in the best mood.”<\/p>\n
“I wasn’t.”<\/p>\n
“Want to talk about it some more?”<\/p>\n
“Yeah. Maybe. But why are you in the gimbal?”<\/p>\n
“Reconfiguring it to my setup. And making sure that there aren’t any ‘surprises’ lurking in the setup.”<\/p>\n
“Surprises?”<\/p>\n
I heard her sigh. “Varan and his down port-girl were expecting us to be intercepted on our way out from Gashuumi. I want to make sure that he hasn’t scrambled the sensor inputs or put some blocks in to prevent us from firing on certain other ships.”<\/p>\n
“Do you really think he would do something like that?”<\/p>\n
“Maybe not, but I’m not taking the chance. Hang on. I’ll come up there, just in case someone is listening in on internal comms.” Before I could say anything else, she clicked off.<\/p>\n
I groaned and leaned back. Now what?<\/em><\/p>\n It was long enough that I wondered what was going on when the door finally irised open, and Saahna stepped in. She carried a pair of coffee bulbs and a handful of breakfast sticks. She started to hand one up to me but paused when she saw the opened bottle sitting on the edge of my console. She sighed, dropped a bulb and stick in my lap, then ducked under the seat to her own. There, she pushed it back, spun to face me, then sat silent.<\/p>\n I kept expecting her to say something, but she just kept staring. Finally, I picked up the bulb.<\/p>\n “Thanks.”<\/p>\n “It’s what, 1030? And you’re already on…” she looked, “your second?”<\/p>\n “Yeah. Maybe?”<\/p>\n She sighed. “You have a problem.”<\/p>\n “Probably. And?”<\/p>\n She sighed. “If we’re going to do this, we need to be able to depend on you. And we can’t do that if you’re constantly half-drunk.”<\/p>\n “We’re in Jumpspace. Nothing is going to happen here.”<\/p>\n “And three days from now, when we get to Mupikaa? You know someone is probably waiting on us.”<\/p>\n “Yup. Which is why I’m getting my drinking in now.”<\/p>\n “And?”<\/p>\n “We’ll deal with it. We’re clean, more or less. No one can do anything to us that won’t just reinforce our story. So we’re fine.”<\/p>\n “And if they attack before we can tell our story?”<\/p>\n “They won’t. They want to know who we have on board as well.”<\/p>\n “And if they decide not to take a chance and just decide to eliminate us?”<\/p>\n “Based on my read of how Mupikaa does business, they aren’t about to let a ship be attacked. They’re an open port where anyone can bring their goods. They won’t risk their reputation.”<\/p>\n She sighed. “I hope you’re right.”<\/p>\n “I am. I’m not that<\/em> drunk yet.”<\/p>\n She sighed again, then pushed her seat back. “Just try to be sober before you come to the cabin tonight, OK? 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