This week with Arlene and Jeff:
...“In an emergency, the jump seat can be used as a second gunner’s position. Your screens are active, but the weapon controls are not.” As soon as Selina sat, the seat turned back to the console and adjusted to her height. Arlene spent a couple of moments showing the child the various views from the cameras and how to use them, but she stopped before her short lecture was complete because Selina had already mastered the controls.
As Arlene went about her computer checklist, Selina, who had long since studied Ship’s information pages on the interceptors, sat looking about the cockpit. When Ann came in, the AI retracted the stairway and sealed the hatch. Ann, Arlene and the AI conferred for a few seconds before declaring the checklists complete and the craft ready to launch.
“Ready, Selina?” Arlene asked from her position as primary pilot.
“I’ve been ready,” Selina returned while barely suppressing a giggle in her nervousness.
“Remember, we have an inertialess drive. This is an interceptor capable of three-quarters light if I push it, and it can cruise at a half-light all day, so I refuse to fly it as if it were a bus.”...
Have a goodun;
Roust