“You zoned out there for a few moments.”“Sorry, John,” I replied as I shook my head to clear it. “I’m fine,” I muttered. ‘What the hel... was that?’ I thought. I hesitantly placed my hand on the pistol for the second time, and nothing happened. The metal was cool to the touch, but that was all.John gave me a curious look as I stood up to leave. Case in hand, I walked back to my workroom and placed the case on the workbench. I gave the case my close attention for a moment, but I didn’t open it.. " I don't know the whole story myself," Battle replied, still obviously angry but calming down a little. "I know he went to Ed Rickenbaugh and offered to support Ed in not renewing Jerome Weilfahrt's contract as football coach when his contract expires. That's ridiculous! Weilfahrt is a breath of fresh air as a football coach after that idiot Johansen, and he's as fine a man as we've ever had in the job."Susan rolled her eyes, but kept her mouth shut. She only had a limited interest in football. The customers like the time savings."Over in the helicopter charter office, I asked Betty, "How are you doing, Betty? It looks like you're busy." We're doing great, Mr. Sharp. We've chartered our aircraft everyday this week. Even the trainers are up for at least a couple of hours everyday."I asked, "Do you think we need to look for more aircraft?"Betty thought for a second and said, "Probably not. We do pass up some business, but so far we're keeping up. We could use a helicopter that holds. ”She gestured and we started for the distant hatch, “actually I needed to speak with you.”I glanced at her, “that bad already?”She shook her head, “Admiral’s Day and Delgot both had emergencies and admiral Telis was reassigned out of her rotation. That left me with admiral Michaels but he was just promoted off the list and is heading out as we speak.”She looked at me, “that leaves me with you as the only other admiral in third fleet until I get replacements.”I nodded to a squad of soldiers as.