Starship: Mercenary (Starship, book 3)
“The ship was not in orbit around the planet—he saw no sense advertising its presence—but was stationed out among the dozen moons of Djamara V. Christine, Briggs, and Domak, the three best hands at using both the computers and sensors, worked the red, white, and blue shifts, eight hours apiece, scanning the system, looking for signs of the Rock of Ages’ ships.
Cole spent most of his time in his office and his cabin. There just wasn’t anything for him to do until the enemy’s ships showed up—a...nd even once they did, anything that was happening on the bridge could be transmitted to him wherever he was.
It was on the seventh day that a coded message came through from Singapore Station. Cole had it piped into his cabin.
There was a moment of static, and then the Platinum Duke’s image appeared.
“Hi,” said Cole. “No sign of him yet.”
“Just as well,” said the Duke.MoreLess
Cole spent most of his time in his office and his cabin. There just wasn’t anything for him to do until the enemy’s ships showed up—a...nd even once they did, anything that was happening on the bridge could be transmitted to him wherever he was.
It was on the seventh day that a coded message came through from Singapore Station. Cole had it piped into his cabin.
There was a moment of static, and then the Platinum Duke’s image appeared.
“Hi,” said Cole. “No sign of him yet.”
“Just as well,” said the Duke.MoreLess
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