Chapter 5
Captain Pigot sighed with relief. Good news at last. Hopefully, that was all the heavy ordinance those pirates had. There were still too many of them to attack head on. He looked at the schematic of the ship. His forces held engineering, medical, and life support. The pirates had everything else. “If I was a pirate what would I attack first?” He stared at the screen for a few moments then yelled for his aide to call the Marines.
“Did you call for us sir?” The Marine Lieutenant had arrived with his four-man squad. One of them, Sergeant Sveldig, looked a bit tattered and worn.
“Is your sergeant there OK? He looks a bit bedraggled.”
“Sir, he is fine. The sergeant was up front at the barricade with me when the rockets hit. We were both rattled around a bit, but we are OK now.”
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