Chapter Thirty-Eight
“Reactor fully online.” Jia tapped on a suite of glowing controls on the main panel in the cockpit. “Internal grav field steady. Grav compensators all within tolerances. Thruster diagnostics are all green. Please crosscheck.”
Cutter's fingers flew over his own set of controls in the seat next to Jia’s. “Check confirmed. We’ve got clearance from Port Control. We’re ready to make this boat fly.”
Erik sat in one of the rear seats, watching them in silence.
For all his varied skills, he didn’t know anything useful about piloting, and he didn’t care about learning either. With Cutter, Jia, and Emma available, his team didn’t lack for pilots.
He had other talents he was going to develop, ones that didn’t have anything to do with missions. Not that he wanted to mention t
