Chapter 10An exhaustive search by Yannos and his team only turned up only one more hidden pirate. The former ‘ensign’ Carson’s body was found hanging in one of the communication conduits. He had gotten tangled up and had suffocated. Found with him were supplies and a well-used space suit. He had apparently intended to steal from the Bad Pennies and skip out after they received payment. Our computer tech hacked his system and found that his real name was ‘Zerokool’ a hacker wanted by several planetary governments and a few crime organizations for double crossing them.
The James Cook jumped back into the system too late to have helped. The ship had been on a long-range border patrol and training mission for all the new Militia Navy recruits. Captain Gorshin was apologetic that he had not be
