was enjoying herself.
She saw another slidechute and headed for it, but Morgan interrupted her game. "Go around this one."
Once again she did as she was told. In just a little way, she came to a hump in the corridor: the top half of a plasma beam tube. "Spray it, CJ. And set a ring."
CJ was amazed to find that she still had a bit of ceramic acid left. She used it, and set a ragged ring of duodec. "That's all I've got," she told the distant voice.
"It's enough. Roll back and blast."
CJ wondered how long it would be until the control room exploded. It should be happening just about now. Once the control room blew, she knew, only a couple of minutes would pass before the whole ship would light up, a veritable sun going nova. It would be a spectacular sight to see from a distance.
She squeezed the trigger and the ring of duodec exploded: she could feel the heat from the blast wash over her.
And as the sound