Ex ‘Fleet man?”
“He was a full Commander, last I heard, sir.”
“Interesting.” Falconer commented. “Get me his specs. If I have to take him aboard my ship, I want to know all about him.”
She swallowed. “Yes sir.”
Falconer returned his attention to Nordyke.
“What’s their location?”
“They’re about a week outside the Hermes system, Captain.”
“Helm, set a course – best possible speed!”
“Um – sir, we’re on conversion drive at the moment.” The helmsman reported.
“I know, Linson – d’you think I’m senile?”
“No, sir – I…” The young helmsman stammered.
“I did say ‘best possible speed’, didn’t I?”
“Yes, sir.


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It's amazing, the increase in grammatical errors in proportion to the level of hatred in the content...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Is there any good left in the world? and if there is, can you still find it in the places that matte...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
They set about making people so unhappy and isolated and when they crawl into a hole and pull it in ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Knowing who you are is more valuable than having ten 'friends' who don't even know who they are, but...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Regardless of what language it is said in, "I love you" stays beautiful, and two hearts beating toge...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
If you stick your head in the sand like an ostrich, pretending you don't exist - why get upset when ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Beauty... Is what you are after a lifetime of struggle in the face of hostility, surviving, and stan...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The coining of their new catch-phrase 'homophiliac' displayed in contrast to 'homophobic' was rather...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
They tell us variety is the spice of life - and yet diversity terrifies them.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
What we see far too little of today is people who identify as Christians, standing up to the hate-mo...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
What we see far too little of today is people who identify as Christians, standing up to the hate-mo...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Light-years away, another starship was also experiencing problems, though perhaps not as severe. The...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Going to the extreme of inviting and welcoming people into your church in order to hear you condemn ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
I note the lengths to which Christianist groups are prepared to go to, to influence government and t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Lt. Denice Barnum at the helm gave a sigh, then replaced her nail file on the control panel, beside ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
While many people define being a man or a woman as being dependent on reproductive capacity, it is w...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Now I don’t know how many people like to drive a Beetle at that kind of speed (on purpose) but I k...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
My ship – the Demeter, was a star-liner operated by the Red Star Line. I say ‘was’ because of ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Some kids are black, or brown - some kids are red, and others white.
Kids come in all different...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Slavery of the heart, oh Love - a prisoner of will thou art - proof that love, while blissful, can o...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Mister Jordan?” Came the genteel, restrained voice of a more senior gentleman in the front of the ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Disagreeing with someone does not mean that they have to be enemies or opponents.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Peace with non-fundamentalists terrifies the fundamentalist because to them, being Christian doesn't...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It is ironic that the only thing separating 'friend' from 'fiend' - is a single letter.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Some children are threatened with loss of privileges such as money, cell phones, cars or even evicti...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The hatred the 'Christian' right wing harbors for the SA Constitution is not htere because of an abs...
CHRISTINA ENGELA