a star drive destroyer. With our grades I bet
we'll get at least a destroyer! That won't be bad; shuffling cargo back
and forth between systems while you make your patrols. It's better than
the planet to planet stuff, with a system ship."
42 "I don't know," argued Morn. "There's not that many star drive ships
and a lot of system jobs. Chances are we'll get one of them, but I'll be
happy with whatever they give me!"
43 "Same here! " agreed North.
44 Neither man had any way of knowing that in a faraway colony
destiny's hand was reaching out to assure they would do better than
they expected.