Courageous (The Lost Fleet, #3)

by Jack Campbell

Only in the vast distances of space did light seem slow.

“With all due respect, sir,” Carabali stated stiffly, “engineers are capable of wreaking total havoc in the real world if not closely supervised, and I do not have the luxury of the time to be able to so supervise them.”

It’s simple and robust. Everything that’s been tried as a replacement is more complicated, more expensive, breaks more and, uh, you know.”

“Bad as we’ve become, assassination of superior officers has never been a path to advancement in the Alliance fleet.”

In the end, that was what it was all about. Do what was needed for those counting on you, or let them down.

He’d learned as a junior officer dealing with superior officers that if you acted like you knew what you doing, everyone else assumed you really did know it.

“I’m still considering options,” Geary replied, as if there were a lot to choose from and any of them were good.