Ark Royal
“the First Space Lord said. This time, it was clear, they wouldn't be visiting the main briefing compartment. “We have a great deal to discuss.” Ted kept his face expressionless as he sat down and rested his hands in his lap. A private discussion meant another deployment, he hoped; he couldn't help feeling that the alternatives were worse. Perhaps they wanted him to go on a speaking tour, reassuring the public that all was well with the war. But, even after he’d stopped drinking, he was hardly as photogenic as the actor who’d played Dan Dare in the 2123 remake of the classic space opera. And no one would be reassured if they saw his service record. The First Space Lord nodded to the Intelligence Corps officer. “Commander Steenblik?” Steenblik nodded, then tapped a switch, activating the holographic processor. Ted studied him with some interest. Like most Intelligence Corps officers, there was a blandness about him that would have left him almost unnoticed, at least when compar...ed to line officers. And yet he knew better than to underestimate the sandy-haired young man. The Intelligence Corps recruited only the smartest of officers, men and women willing to work behind the scenes to ensure that the Royal Navy got the intelligence it needed, when it needed it. They’d failed to predict the arrival of the aliens, admittedly, but no one else had done any better. Unless the conspiracy theories are actually true, Ted thought, as he looked up at the display. If someone did know, that might explain our military build-up ... “The face of the enemy,”MoreLess
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