WILL THAT VIOLATE YOUR ORDERS?
“My orders don’t cover this. I’ll be fine.”
I’LL LEAVE THE BOT ATTACHED SO WE CAN COMM.
The captain turned to his XO. “Let’s go.”
The South Dakota gave the Alcyone the heading and the two subs departed at maximum speeds, so noisy that they announced their presence to anyone who stuck his head in the water. The XO looked at the captain uncertainly. “Do our orders really not cover this?”
Wilson Tucker looked back with a serenity he did not feel. “I can posit an interpretation of my orders that allows this.” He shrugged. “It will be interesting to see if anyone else shares that interpretation at my court-martial.”
Ping followed Toni as they opened up the afterburners and blazed again toward the Kennedy. They had started this way after wiping out the squadr
