DALMITH LOCATION: Battleship Capacitor It was a kheghing disaster. Gallian was spitting fire and Dalmith couldn’t deny his involvement or throw blame onto one of his underlings. “Your network! ‘I’ll have the shipments in place with plenty of time to prepare—’ Uxt was a disgraceful performance.” Gallian paced. His steps were slow, even. Dalmith hid his fury, staring stoically ahead, receiving his negative performance review the only way he knew how. When he was alone, he would vent his anger in a more appropriate fashion. He had last felt this way on Carpathia, in the prison colony. Forced to accept his sentence, and helpless to do anything but watch time tick irreversibly and inevitably onward. Unable to do a thing to change his fate. Any second now, he expected a shiv in his side. He

