Chapter 1
I was running! Running as fast as I was able. I could feel my heart beating like it was trying to escape my chest. Panting, I slumped over a bench next to the exercise track. “ I swear that doctor, is trying to kill me!”
I was speaking to others working out, who were ignoring me as usual. I had failed my yearly physical. The doctor had put me on a diet and exercise program. Who needs exercise? I spent all day crawling around the ship lifting heavy engine components. OK, my people did that. But I at least watched them do it! Stupid orders. I suppose that it did make me look good in my shiny new uniform.
I was no longer a Lieutenant JG. I was promoted to a full Lieutenant shortly after starting my new job; the engineering third on the James Cook, one of the newer Navy cruisers
