Stories tagged “crew”

• Something From This Century

  g2 shrugged and perched before the piano. “Any requests?”she cried. “Something with some zip,” Alro called from the wheel. “Its a chase scene, remember?” The Irish Pianist shrugged and pounced on the keys with “...

  • Author: g²LaPianistaIrlandesa
  • Posted about 3 years ago.
  • 4 out of 5

• A Captain's Rant

  Captain’s log – August 18, 2217 Command HQ is a large gaggle of addled, brain dead, ignorant pencil-pushers who have never done an honest day’s work in their lives! This includes my wife who set up this damned crew roster. Could they ...

  • Author: Textual Phoenix
  • Posted almost 3 years ago.

• The Captain's Solution

  Captain’s Log – August 22, 2217 Quiet. So quiet. And peaceful. Crew problems solved. No more insubordination from my second. No more fourth rate food from the cook. No more insane rants from the engineer. Oh, sure, they started screaming af...

  • Author: Textual Phoenix
  • Posted almost 3 years ago.
  • 5 out of 5

• Staredown

  “You ready?” Harrison stared down Charles as if everything in their lives had come down to this moment. “Oh, I’m ready,” Charles replied. “Prepare to meet your maker. Boys?” Harrison called out to the large cro...

  • Author: Steve Saylor
  • Posted about 2 years ago.
  • 4 out of 5

• Valve H34

  I was now alone, locked in the bilge. I could hear the water gushing. Main valve H34 was unreachable. I had no tools other than a wrench. I could barely breath. The stench was overwhelming. Bang, bang! Two strokes! Lt Dorsey was leading the tech crew p...

  • Author: Dana Preston
  • Posted almost 2 years ago.