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Eaon handed her the overnight nav charts on the tablet as he waited to be relieved “Captain, I’ve charted a course that should shave a couple of days off our trip to Halkon It will also take us near the Gru Asteroid Belt, if you want to make a pit stop It wouldn’t set us back anyproudly

“Only twelve hours? How did you e that?” Sloan’s jaw dropped Eaon was the newest addition to the crew, and she could tell he was eager to prove hi up with solutions like this, he would earn a delivery bonus once they got to Seru

“No sweat, Captain I simply reset some of the coordinate calculations and made them more efficient”

“Si until we are within comm distance with Gru?” she asked as she choked down the last bite of breakfast

“Comm distance within seven days, and we could be there in nine days, Halkon in eleven”

“Excellent Set the course, and let’s be on our way” She slid into the captain’s chair and went over the overnight reports and new nav settings

“Captain, I’ve set the coordinates, and we are on the modified course”

“Okay, Eaon, now go and grab soet some sleep You deserve it!”

“Thanks, Captain” Eaon departed the bridge as his relief arrived for the next shift The next few hours were uneventful until it was time for iving him the tour She sent a co at the rabbed a couple of sandwiches from the mess hall and made her way to the med bay

Xan aiting at the far end of the corridor to the med bay

“You didn’t have to wait out here I could have come inside” Sloan handed Xan one of the sandwiches

“I know I didn’t want to inconvenience you byyou walk all the way there”

“No problem Since you’re here, let’s start the tour”

Sloan walked Xan through the ship She showed him the mess hall, which was e and the bridge and wandered to soarden Xan was shocked that all this existed on the Arrow

“I won her in a garin spread across Sloan’s face as she re it had felt to step aboard the Arrow for the first time