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pointing to a PO in the tactical section. The petty officer was
rocking in his chair, playing with himself.

"Hah, hah! Planet! Missed the planet! Hah, hah," Petty Officer Kyle
was clearly enjoying himself.

"Yes, Sir," Tyler said, walking over and hitting the PO in the
shoulder with the injector. The sedative worked quickly and in a few
moments the petty officer slid bonelessly out of his chair and hit
the deck with a thump.

"Sir," the XO said, appearing again behind the captain.

"AAAH! Sweet Merciful Tester, Greene, wear a bell on your boot or
something."

"Yes, sir," the XO replied, seriously. "Sir, I think that PO Kyle
needs to go before the Mast."

"I don't," the captain replied. "He was clearly driven around the
bend by Lieutenant Wilson's announcement that the fault in his
calculations was that he forgot to account for Blackbird's mass as
well as all of her moons! It turns out that if we hadn't had that forty
minute delay when we were trying to get the course adjusted on
the way in, we would have hit the planet."

Tyler unfolded the straitjacket and started to load the tactical PO in
as he kept one ear on the conversation behind him.

"Well, at least we know where we are, Sir," Lieutenant Wilson said.
"And I've got a course laid in for Grayson."

"Are you sure?" the captain asked. "And are you sure there's
nothing in the way?"

"Yes, Sir," the communication officer said. "We sent a ping to
them. They replied asking where we've been for the last few days."

"I think the best response was that we were lying doggo, under
communications silence, in case anyone was trying to sneak into
the system," the captain said, rubbing his chin. "The less
mentioned about the last week, the better."

"Masterful response, sir," the XO said. "Com, fire that off right
away."

"Aye, aye, Sir."

"We've got two weeks before we're due in the yards," the captain
said. "We're supposed to be doing workups, but with the crew in