The SEAL’s Rebel: chapters 1 & 2

(unedited!) Chapter One   The diagnostic screen flickered once, then settled green across the board. Chief engineer, Jennifer James leaned back in her chair and stretched her neck until something popped.  Nominal. All systems nominal. The North Pacific Defense Station Seven (NORPAC-7) surrounded her—the metal bones and thrumming circulation lines of the remote missile interceptor […]