![]() ![]() The guncrew had slewed the heavy gun to point aft as much as it would bear, and were waiting for the pinnace to cross into the gun's firing arc. She moved to the shot locker and grasped one of the heavy canisters, readying to carry it to the gun as soon as the crew fired. With luck, they'd get six rapid shots into the pinnace. "As you bear and move up the line, lads! Put it right into their guns." she yelled, intending the crew to fire the rearmost gun first and then move to the next while she reloaded behind them. "Starboard six, to port!" she yelled again, midway, and saw the guncrew respond, leaving their gun unloaded and crossing to the as yet unfired guns to port. ![]() "Starboard six, move to port!" she yelled, hoping that the guncrew would hear her over the increasing static caused by the encroaching darkspace, and she wouldn't have to cross the length of the deck to get their attention. Philip!īut she had no time to think of him as she saw the pinnace rapidly gaining on them through the portside gunports. She froze for a moment as she saw a still form in a midshipman's vacsuit being carried into the aft companionway by two spacers. Only five of Merlin's six guns to starboard were continuing to fire, the number two gun having been struck by the pirates' shot, its housing melted and shattered. ![]() Alexis burst onto the gundeck, grimacing at the crackle of static over her suit's radio. ![]()
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