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Remember the captain, and call him Lord.
Remember the sheath is not the sword.



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Anonymous
Quoted in Ballads of the Captain
Edwina de Vlerio
New Augusta, 5133 N.E.C.

V

THE CAPTAIN OF the Fleurdilis frowned as he studied the hard copy of the schematic. He supposed he
could have used the screen, rather than having gone to the trouble of having the pages printed,
but he liked to be able to wander around the cabin with the diagrams, to be able to make notes at
odd times without having to code up the file, to puzzle through the codes and routings.

He still didn't understand all the details represented in the diagrams, but he knew enough
to understand that the ship whose command he had just assumed was not configured according to her
own specifications, or that the ship's own databanks did not register the differences.

Admittedly, the majority of discrepancies were minor, where conduit blocs had been shifted
less than a meter, in one case, to accommodate modifications to the forward launch tubes. But some
were scarcely minor. The Fleurdilis no longer carried the installed equipment for its own
emergency field recharging, nor did it carry the original energy capacitators, nor the original
drive field equipment.

The newer equipment was not only smaller, but, compared to the original specifications,
far less powerful.

In short, he was saddled with command of a nominal cruiser, but one with less real power
than an old style corvette. The lower power capability reduced range, screen defenses, and
survivability.

He touched the console, without looking at the image that formed on the screen.

"Yes, Commander?"

"Send up Senior Technician Relyea, if she's available."

"Yes, ser."

The senior commander straightened his blacks, set down the schematics, and paced in a
narrow circle in the small stateroom as he waited.

"Technician Relyea, Commander."