In an astonishing turn of events, the sprinklers suddenly come on. Not in the entire bridge, mind you, the communications area continues to burn unabated. And about four hours late. But now Jacques is wet as well as sooty. The last operating resonance band rattles loosely as the Entropy crawls through space. But as the smoke clears, a familiar sight swims up onto the bridge display screen.
It’s not the old Pond, to be sure. But it’ll do. Some quick mental math on the empty berths and Jacques knows the cost.
Portside diagnostics suggest that he’ll have to spacewalk to the bar’s airlock. He gets up, limps over to the security station, and kicks in a small plexiglass panel. With the fire extinguisher in hand he feels prepared to hunt down a space suit from the equipment locker. Halfway down he suddenly makes a detour.
“Better get mon chapeau.”
"Captain" Jacques Malchance The Entropy
Thanks everyone!
