(I don't know if my muse has returned, or if I'm just to bloody-minded to
stop, but here is the next chapter.)
Echoes of future past, part 18
Dylan sat reading the flexi Rommie had handed him, "When did you come up with this?" She smiled, "Last night." Dylan looked at her, "You found the time to do all this last night? I'm not sure how I should take that." Rommie laughed, "Don't worry: I was more than satisfied last night. But unlike you, I don't need to sleep if I don't want to. I waited until you had fallen asleep and then did a little work. So what do you think?" Dylan looked at the flexi again, "It's bold, dangerous, and it will take a few days to get everything sorted out, but I think it's the best plan we've come up with, so I'll take it to the Admiral." Rommie smiled, "Good. Now I'm on duty in five minuets, so I'll see you at lunch?" Dylan nodded, "If I'm back from seeing the Admiral on the Wrath of Achilles: he's still a little upset with that petition the other AI's signed to get us out of trouble." Rommie stopped in the doorway, "Well, good luck anyway."
Beka was sat at the controls of the Eureka Maru when Dylan made his way through the airlock, "I didn't know you where on transport duty?" Beka shrugged, "What's the point in being a pilot and owning a ship if you never get a chance to fly it. I am the best pilot in the fleet." Dylan shook his head, "You are not coming on the mission, and that is that. I've had Tyr, Ryan and Trance all but threaten me with physical violence if I let you. And as my first officer, your place is on the Andromeda in case anything happens to me." Beka span the pilots seat round to face him, "Doesn't mean I have to like it: You're talking about taking my ship, my husband and my son on a mission so dangerous that none of the bookmakers on-ship are wiling to offer anything other than 50/50 on any of you coming back." Dylan shook his head, "Gambling on my ship? I hope the Admiral never finds out."
Dylan made his way back to the Maru after the meeting with the Admiral and his aide. Beka was waiting for him in the airlock, "Well?" Dylan smiled slightly, "He's given the go-ahead for the mission as Rommie suggested it. We have two days to get ready, another three to carry it out, then the fleets move in, whether we succeed or not. If we're still on the World Ship when they arrive, he won't send anyone after us." Beka nodded, "Well, I'll go over the ship with Harper and we'll get her working at maximum efficiency. If Ryan's as good as he says, and being my son, he should be, you may survive this crazy mission." Dylan nodded as they made their way back to the Andromeda.
Rommie was sat at a table with Harper and Trance when Dylan and Beka came in. She smiled slightly as Dylan sat down, "How did it go?" He handed her a flexi, "He said yes, but with conditions: there is a time limit, and if we don't finish by the time the rest of the fleet arrive, they won't stop from firing everything they have at the World Ship. That means Andromeda too." The AI's holographic form appeared next to the table, "I understand, and I will follow any orders I receive from the Admiral, but promise me you'll come back, all of you." Dylan smiled, taking Rommie's hand in his, "We'll be back, I promise."
TBC
Echoes of future past, part 18
Dylan sat reading the flexi Rommie had handed him, "When did you come up with this?" She smiled, "Last night." Dylan looked at her, "You found the time to do all this last night? I'm not sure how I should take that." Rommie laughed, "Don't worry: I was more than satisfied last night. But unlike you, I don't need to sleep if I don't want to. I waited until you had fallen asleep and then did a little work. So what do you think?" Dylan looked at the flexi again, "It's bold, dangerous, and it will take a few days to get everything sorted out, but I think it's the best plan we've come up with, so I'll take it to the Admiral." Rommie smiled, "Good. Now I'm on duty in five minuets, so I'll see you at lunch?" Dylan nodded, "If I'm back from seeing the Admiral on the Wrath of Achilles: he's still a little upset with that petition the other AI's signed to get us out of trouble." Rommie stopped in the doorway, "Well, good luck anyway."
Beka was sat at the controls of the Eureka Maru when Dylan made his way through the airlock, "I didn't know you where on transport duty?" Beka shrugged, "What's the point in being a pilot and owning a ship if you never get a chance to fly it. I am the best pilot in the fleet." Dylan shook his head, "You are not coming on the mission, and that is that. I've had Tyr, Ryan and Trance all but threaten me with physical violence if I let you. And as my first officer, your place is on the Andromeda in case anything happens to me." Beka span the pilots seat round to face him, "Doesn't mean I have to like it: You're talking about taking my ship, my husband and my son on a mission so dangerous that none of the bookmakers on-ship are wiling to offer anything other than 50/50 on any of you coming back." Dylan shook his head, "Gambling on my ship? I hope the Admiral never finds out."
Dylan made his way back to the Maru after the meeting with the Admiral and his aide. Beka was waiting for him in the airlock, "Well?" Dylan smiled slightly, "He's given the go-ahead for the mission as Rommie suggested it. We have two days to get ready, another three to carry it out, then the fleets move in, whether we succeed or not. If we're still on the World Ship when they arrive, he won't send anyone after us." Beka nodded, "Well, I'll go over the ship with Harper and we'll get her working at maximum efficiency. If Ryan's as good as he says, and being my son, he should be, you may survive this crazy mission." Dylan nodded as they made their way back to the Andromeda.
Rommie was sat at a table with Harper and Trance when Dylan and Beka came in. She smiled slightly as Dylan sat down, "How did it go?" He handed her a flexi, "He said yes, but with conditions: there is a time limit, and if we don't finish by the time the rest of the fleet arrive, they won't stop from firing everything they have at the World Ship. That means Andromeda too." The AI's holographic form appeared next to the table, "I understand, and I will follow any orders I receive from the Admiral, but promise me you'll come back, all of you." Dylan smiled, taking Rommie's hand in his, "We'll be back, I promise."
TBC
