“Impact. Hive Bogey Two is breaking up. Looks like we clipped him on the shields with one and just off center with the other.”“Good shooting Gun.... Nav. I want a course to assist with Bogey One.”“Aye, Aye Sir.”‘Happy Hunting Grounds’ Bridge (Author’s note: Combat Information Center)“Excellent! Make sure we get somebody’s visual feed on that. I’ll replay it for the crew later. Is the debris going to impact our course?”“Ok. Lt. Edgar, see if we can get a two-way with Copernicus.”“Aye, Aye, Sir.”. The lights on the side of the road are passing by at quite a speed. Jumping off wouldn’t be a good idea.“I said take your skirt off. Are you deaf?”I sit still, petrified. I will not do this.I stare at the silhouette of his body. I almost can’t see his face, but his voice sounds harsh, dominant. There’s something attractive in it.My fingers unzip the skirt without me really wanting to do it, and suddenly I’m pulling it down my hips. My body feels heavy and I’m shaking, almost feverishly. What am. ”“What does that mean?” Leland asked.“It means that we are going to have to have a twelve year moratorium on commercial fishing,” Calvin said.Dr. Donaldson said, “That’s not quite true. We’ll still be able to harvest fish, but it will have to be at a level of about twenty percent of current catches.”“That’s going to put a lot of fisherman out of business,” Calvin said feeling depressed. He had come to Magus to save his business only to learn that it was going to be impossible.Titus said, “Don’t. ‘Where is the other house, Daniel?’ ‘The remains of what was once a house are supposedly up there.’ I pointed vaguely to the south west. ‘I presume that is what you meant?’ ‘Yes. Can we go and look?’ ‘I suppose so if you want. I imagine there is little to see except some rubble.’ ‘Well it may be interesting.’ I looked at the Land registry chart and roughly plotted the position. ‘It’s that way.’ I pointed. The land rose gradually to a summit some eight hundred yards away. It seemed reasonable.