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“Gunny,” Holden agreed with a nod “But are you qualified to operate fire control on a naval vessel?”
Bobbie decided not to be offended and grinned at hi in the airlock You found a MAP in the cargo bay, right?”
“Map?” Avasarala asked
“Mobile assault package Marine assault gear Not as good as round pounders”
“Yeah,” Holden said “That’s where we got it”
“That’s because this is a multi-role fast-attack ship Torpedo bo party insertion is another And gunnery sergeant is a rank with a very specific ”
“Yeah,” Alex said “Equipment specialist”
“I’m required to be proficient in all of the weapons syste a typical deploy the weapons systems on an assault boat like this”
“I see—” Holden started, but Bobbie cut his in Bobbie’s life, the weapons officer’s chair had been made for so into her hips and her shoulders Even at its farthest setting, the fire control console was just a bit too close for her to co it All of which would be a proble Which, of course, they would once the fight started
She tucked her elbows in as close as she could to keep her areted with the harness It would have to be good enough
From his seat behind and above her, Alex said, “This’ll be over quick one way or the other You probably won’t have ti”
Over the 1MC Holden said, “We’re inside the e now They could fire immediately or twenty hours from now So stay belted in Only leave your station in life-threatening eot their catheter on right”
“Mine’s too tight,” Amos said
Alex spoke behind her, and it was echoed a split second later over the cooes on the outside”
Bobbie couldn’t help laughing and held one hand up behind her until Alex slapped it
Holden said, “We have greens across the board down here in ops Everyone check in with go/no-go status”
“All green at flight control,” Alex said
“Green at electronic warfare,” Naoreen and hot,” Bobbie said last Even strapped into a chair two sizes too small for her, on a stolen Martian warship captained by one of the oddaood to be there Bobbie restrained a whoop of joy and instead pulled Holden’s threat display up He’d already ed the lead ship and let the Rocinante try to coet solution on it The Roci calculated the odds of a hit at less than 1 percent She ju a feel for the response tiet info and looked over the UN destroyer specs