Kingdom Come (Backyard Starship, #7)

by J.N. Chaney

“You don’t need to bribe a lot of people. Just the right people.”

Still, it was better than not trying it, and I believed in the abilities of my engineers. They considered optimization of everything we had to be the holy grail of our purpose—and performance.

“When I see a crew bitching and snarking at one another, I know it’s a good one. It’s the quiet, sullen ones you have to watch out for.”