SOME GOLDEN HARBOR — snippet 72
SOME GOLDEN HARBOR – snippet 72:
Central Haven on Pellegrino
The diesel engine was rumbling, but the barge that'd brought the new High Drive motors was still tied up to the Stoddard's outrigger. Though it wasn't time to set off, Vesey and the majority of the assault party were already concealed by the tarpaulin over the top of the barge's forward hold.
Tovera, Dasi and Barnes stood with Adele as she talked for the last time with Captain Evans, at the head of the short boarding bridge between barge and starship. The other officers remained aboard the ship, avoiding the knowledge of what was going on. Adele didn't mind the riggers' presence–she had nothing to say to the Stoddard's officers that the Sissies shouldn't hear–but the stocked impellers they insisted on holding might very well attract attention even at this hour of the night.