An hour before: La’Rue warmed up some soup, inhaling the delicious aroma. She’d been shocked when a technician had met her at the platform for her freighter with a brand-new cooker. In minutes, the technician had it installed in her galley for her. Starving and unable to resist trying it out, she had pulled out one of her favorite soups and placed the package in the unit. Now, her stomach and her heart were filled with warmth, thanks to Sergi. Carrying the soup to the bridge, she slid into the captain’s chair and propped her feet up on the chair across from her. She spooned a mouthful and swallowed before she looked up at where H was hanging down from the ceiling. She grinned when the little service bot flipped and landed next to her feet. “How about we check out what some of the other

