Chapter 5
Kali crouched under the hatch, blowing silver-edged clouds of steam into the dimness lit by a single light.
The four others, Donagh, Aidin, Stani and Jade, were nothing more than blinking eyes surrounding him. The air in the maintenance tunnel was so cold that it hurt his nose and throat to breathe, yet none of them complained or told him to hurry. They knew what they wanted and they knew they had only one chance.
There were footsteps on the ship's bridge above them. Kali tensed staring at the time displayed on the screen of his PDA, and gestured.
His comrades grabbed their guns.
For a few moments, during the change-over of the watch, the bridge would be almost unmanned. They could easily overwhelm what little pristine personnel remained and re-set the auto-pilot, which was
