The size of the delivery charge and the angle of the metal tube would determine the flight time. I had no idea how far each would go so I had made thr...e standard charge sizes. We would measure the distance of each rocket and have an approximation of their range. The mortar tubes were crude and at a fixed angle. My biggest fear was dropping a shell accidentally or the tube failing to take the small detonation charge and showering me with metal fragments."Sweetheart. I will walk you back to the. That was something I couldn't live with, though I knew disobeying these orders were going to cost me my career and very likely my life. Yet I knew what I had to do.Working quickly at my terminal, I hacked the fire control computer and locked it down with an encrypted password. It would be easy to defeat, but it would perhaps give the Tina enough time to get out of weapons range before she could be fired upon. Soon that was done and I settled in to wait for the end of my military life.The. Spending years looking for a safe haven and Loch Carnach was always the safest they had found without running out of Scotland to look for, so had resettled in their childhood home, and built two more surrounding it. They had met Nikolas on many occasions, in many locations, always being thrown from some tavern for being Norse, or welcomed into a gypsies’ tent for the same reason. Not they type for playing husband. Not the best choice for Eleanor. Glad of her own luck, Kate was happy with her. .."Well, you had better find something in the next few seconds or we and you are going to be sucked into that black hole," the Queen said, her voice suddenly calm."I..." the AI hesitated, "understand. I do not want to die either, but we need at least ten miles free of any appreciable mass before we can safely warp out. While the channel is open for the next fifteen light minutes, it is not wide enough to allow our warp drive to function properly. There have been crews that have warped out and.