Ooh, realisation of danger!

And some clarification of what ‘The Pillar’ is/was – I was starting to get a bit confused there…

Suitably techy language, and a well-characterised Captain – barking is always a good sign that there are explosive temper tantrums to come.!

Considering the dramatic irony what with the reader knowing what happened to ‘The Pillar’, you tackled this really nicely for building tension – I need more! MH :)

Hope you can figure an angle on this one, I know it’s bugged you for a long time that you hit a dead-end with the Pillar series. I see that you left the later stuff out, maybe a fresh look at it from the beginning is what you need.

how do you spool an engine?

@Elsha – It’s jargon, but think of it as reving the gas without releasing the clutch.