“Gleasons! We’re fighting gleasons now?”
“Looks like it.”
“Well, look, part of fixing ships is to test them out. I’m a pilot, and I can work the guns. I’ve heard a lot of shooting going on. Do you need any help?”
He rubbed his jaw. “With Stven out of the picture for a while, we might, but Krys gave you another assignment, and it’s important.”
“I need to be alive to complete it.”
“I’ll keep you in mind. I don’t know where we’re going next, and you might be able to fill in gaps in the bridge rotation.”
“You said this is not a small ship where you come from. Where, exactly, is that?”
“You’ll have to check with Captain Stven on that one.”
“He’s in a tank.”
“Oh… well, someone else then.”