"You appear to be one of a kind, Corporal Scott," said Doctor Beauchamp, kicking off the debriefing. "Among the crew of this ship, that is."
Scott, who was seated at the long table in the conference room, lowered the coffee cup from which he'd been about to drink. All seven people in the room were staring at him with keen interest at that moment.
"When faced with a Red Battlenaut or Red personnel, you exhibit a unique response." Beauchamp touched the edge of the table, and holographic images sprang to life--a chart on either side of her, each with a jagged line plotted from left to right. "This is one example. Here we see the response of a member of the squad to the appearance of a Red Battlenaut on the surface of Shard." She gestured at the chart to the left of her. "The response
