Miranda generally paid little attention to land vehicles. The interior of a Humvee surprised her each time she entered one. There was plenty of room for their packs and samples in Commander Piazza’s vehicle, but not much room for people. With no weapons aboard, the cargo area was empty. But the big vehicle only had four seats.
Down the center was a rectangular hump high enough for the passengers to rest their elbows upon. It served two purposes. The first was that it allowed the drive train to be tucked up into the space underneath to increase ground clearance. The second was that it created a platform for a turret gunner to stand on, even when the vehicle, like this one, didn’t have a turret g*n.
Miranda was not going to sit up front with Sadie, Commander Piazza’s Shih Tzu dog. Mike won
