Chapter 2Theship was a triple-A small star cruiser called theRangerTwo. I hadn’t been on the Rangerfor a while, but it looked first-rate. Polished and humming.Excellent inside and out. My boots clanked on the corridor leadingmeto the bridge. The cruiser would have the minimal number of crewneeded. Add in a dozen of my squad and another fifty of Belen’ssecurity people and there was still plenty of lodging space.
Self-cleaning.That’s one of the modern pluses of our naval vessels or, to be moreprecise, Belen’s naval vessels. The Artificial Intelligence of theship keeps it clean. No more enlisted personnel polishing the deck.There is still somewhat of a controversy among scientists and navalofficers over where the ships are actually AIs or are simplyprogrammed so well they merely seem intelli
