Conventions of War (2005)
Conventions of War
“He was walking off his breakfast with a tour around the deck when Chandra’s voice echoed down the corridor from the speakers at each end. “This is a drill. General quarters. This is a drill. Now general quarters.”
Martinez responded to the call with a brisk walk to his quarters, where Alikhan helped him into his vac suit. If it hadn’t been a drill, he would have headed straight to Command at a dead run and hoped that Alikhan and the vac suit caught up with him later.
When he arrived in Command ...with his helmet tucked under his arm, the officer of the watch—Mersenne—stepped aside from the captain’s cage and settled himself into his usual place at the engines station. Martinez swung into his couch and called for a status report, all the while looking at his display as the various stations reported themselves ready.
The last symbol flashed, and Martinez reported to Michi that Illustrious was at quarters. After a modest delay, caused presumably by waiting for other ships to report themselves ready, Chandra’s voice sounded in his earphones.MoreLess
Martinez responded to the call with a brisk walk to his quarters, where Alikhan helped him into his vac suit. If it hadn’t been a drill, he would have headed straight to Command at a dead run and hoped that Alikhan and the vac suit caught up with him later.
When he arrived in Command ...with his helmet tucked under his arm, the officer of the watch—Mersenne—stepped aside from the captain’s cage and settled himself into his usual place at the engines station. Martinez swung into his couch and called for a status report, all the while looking at his display as the various stations reported themselves ready.
The last symbol flashed, and Martinez reported to Michi that Illustrious was at quarters. After a modest delay, caused presumably by waiting for other ships to report themselves ready, Chandra’s voice sounded in his earphones.MoreLess
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