Wing Commander Page #5

He's a Pilgrim!

Stand down, or

you'll have a problem with me.

I want an explanation.

Hunter?

- Ma'am?

- Ma'am?

Lieutenant Hunter was

just helping Marshall and I...

feel at home.

Lieutenant?

Yeah. That's right, ma'am.

Yeah. You see?

I guess this conversation

never existed.

Lieutenant?

Lieutenant!

Who in the hell

do you think you are?

Let me give you a reality check.

In all likelihood,

you're going to die out here.

We're all going

to die out here...

but none of us need to be

reminded of thatfact...

so you die, you never existed.

Understand?

Yes, ma'am.

Taggart, sir.

Ah. I know of you,

Mr. Taggart...

but I'm afraid I don't know you.

And yet you come to me

with classified orders...

from Admiral Tolwyn.

Oh, I see. The captain

doesn't trust me...

Blair, or the disk.

Would you?

Well, uh...

no.

No.

This tactical schematic outlines

a nightmare, Mr. Taggart.

It tells me that the Kilrathi

may have a Navcom...

and with it the capacity

to jump into Earth space.

And based on that nightmare...

it orders me to take

radical action...

which, if it and you

are a lie...

could compromise this ship

and its crew.

So I'm bound to ask you,

Mr. Taggart...

what proof do you have

that this is authentic?

Where did you get this?

Tolwyn...

thought it might be useful...

if I ever had

to convince a captain...

to follow his orders.

Mr. Obutu.

Plot a course

for the Charybdis quasar.

Full speed, if you please.

Sir, the nearest

jump point to the Charybdis...

is four days hard travel

from our current location.

There's a class-two

pulsar eleven hours from here.

We can jump there.

It's not on the chart, sir.

Navcom does not have

those coordinates.

I have them.

No one's jumped a pulsar

forforty years...

and even then,

they were Pilgrims.

I don't believe we have

a choice, Mr. Gerald.

If the battle is to be decided

in the Charybdis quasar...

then that's where we have to be.

Plot your course, Mr. Taggart.

Sure.

Sir, that ring means nothing.

This ring has been in Tolwyn's

family for sixteen generations.

And any man who carries it...

has the admiral's

full confidence!

Prepare for the jump.

Hey.

We goin' out?

No. Just me.

I pulled security

with Lieutenant Forbes.

Why'd you wake me up?

Remember back at the academy?

You promised you would

take that thing off.

It brings me luck.

It's gonna get you killed.

I was wearing it

when I made the jump.

Yeah, but that had

nothing to do with luck.

That was about training,

skill, desire.

Now, please.

Take the cross off.

It's who I am.

You don't even know

what it means.

This is the big show.

And you gotta have someone

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