Chapter 5Travel in hyperspace, if allgoes well,is most often boring and uneventful. That last word‘uneventful’is one we treasure in the military. To have an uneventful journey,orweek, or month is to be celebrated in our line of work. So ajourneyin hyperspace with no surprises is nothing to complain about.
But it can get a bit dull.
I had won any number of World Series –or at least I was on the winning team – and a few major golftournaments and also was driving Astrid up the wall by the time theadmiral announced the ship was ready to exit hyperspace.
“About time,” Astrid said. “Anotherweek and we might have gotten a divorce.”
I stood before the admiral, who wasseated in his command chair on the brig of the ship. We eased downand the admiral ordered the screens on. The planet didn’t look
