Chapter 16

VOLUME TWO: THE CYBORG'S STOWAWAY

Try not to kill anyone.

The order the captain sent Crank before they landed on La'zuun.

Kind of rude, if you asked him. There was no trying involved. Killing just happened, and he shouldn't be blamed. Folks - and even machinery - should be more careful about getting on his bad side. It probably didn't help he owned a pair of bad sides. One worse than the other.

The Gypsy Moth - that big, beautiful ship that he loved and hated in equal measure - landed without any intervention from him. Everything ran on automated sequences with only a little input from anyone. A crew of tolerable folk manned the actual controls and general upkeep of the ship's reactors. Since being made chief of engineering, Crank oversaw things for the most part. Barking out orders, keeping lazy shits in line.