The long-range surveillance drone operator yawned as he forced himself to stay alert, despite being stuck with the unrewarding task of patrolling the South Pacific. This zone wasn’t exactly teeming in terrorist activity, but as a freshly minted second lieutenant, he had to pay his dues before getting to control a combat drone in an active military zone.
He was jealous of his fellow officers around the room with their legit missions. Hell, he didn’t even need to wear a headset like the rest of them since he wasn’t in communication with forces he was supporting on the ground.
It seemed to Gavin Faraday that his assignment was nothing more than arbitrarily invented trainee busy work. Whatever, he did as he was told. He studied the screen in front of him as he manipulated the controls, maneu
