Cymtarrans and then wave goodbye. That wasn’t in their nature. Earth would have been their next stop.”
“If I had it to do again, I’d have made the same damned decisions,” I snapped. “And they were the right ones to make.”
She sighed and waved her hand at me, looking down at her desk. “I would have done the same thing you did. If you recall, I did do something similar once upon a time. Sometimes the commander in space has to make calls that have a big impact on everyone.”
“You pass,” she looked back up at me, smiling.
“A test?”
“Yes,” she said. “I needed to know if your little adventure was a one time thing, or if you were still capable of making the hard decisions even when under fire.”
She turned the screen she’d been peeking at around to face me. The data there wasn’t about me at all. It was images of Saturn. Specifically, it looked like close-up imagery of one of Saturn’s moons.
“We aren’t the only ones working our asses off this past month,” she said. “The Skree have been busy too. I need you to figure out what they’re up to.”
“If I had it to do again, I’d have made the same damned decisions,” I snapped. “And they were the right ones to make.”
She sighed and waved her hand at me, looking down at her desk. “I would have done the same thing you did. If you recall, I did do something similar once upon a time. Sometimes the commander in space has to make calls that have a big impact on everyone.”
“You pass,” she looked back up at me, smiling.
“A test?”
“Yes,” she said. “I needed to know if your little adventure was a one time thing, or if you were still capable of making the hard decisions even when under fire.”
She turned the screen she’d been peeking at around to face me. The data there wasn’t about me at all. It was images of Saturn. Specifically, it looked like close-up imagery of one of Saturn’s moons.
“We aren’t the only ones working our asses off this past month,” she said. “The Skree have been busy too. I need you to figure out what they’re up to.”
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