Again he heard the plaintive cry for help. Realising that it sounded like a female in trouble, he decided to investigate and started jogging down towa...ds the source of the sound to find out what the problem was. After all, he was in no hurry: it was Saturday morning and he had no plans. Not that it being Saturday even mattered to him, because, after all, he was recently retired and one day was like the next as far as he was concerned. He had recently told a neighbour that every day's a Saturday. I had a new area to survey with approximately 30 surveys to complete. The morning went well with lots of interest in the survey, and lots of interesting people responding. I had one more house to survey in this street before I would break for lunch. It was a lowset house with a front door sheltered from the street.I knocked on the door and waited. "Just a moment" was the call from behind the door. I waited for about a minute before the door opened and a young brunette woman stuck her head. I did a preliminary check on my console’s systems and noticed nothing different. Still, sometimes the eggheads will make a change that only shows up under certain very specific circumstances, and... fail when the system is needed the most. Do as the Captain says. Check every function of your systems that you can. Our Captain obviously thinks these pirates are a viable threat.”“Captain on deck!” a Sub Engineer called out as he came to Attention.“As you were,” the Captain said as he walked deep. . and that he was riding a mare instead of a stallion, although it was obviously a high-bred horse in spite of its gender.In his best authoritative voice, the knight called, "Ho! Yield to one on the King's business. Discard your weapons or suffer the consequences!"In a strong husky voice, she replied, "No! You, sir, are a prevaricator. "Tis I who is here on the King's business. Yield now before I run you through!" Her jousting lance was now horizontal and pointed at the knight.Suddenly he.