Transcription: Lieutenant Leary Commanding by David Drake Chapter 1 Lieutenant Daniel Leary rolled his uncle's wheelchair to the end of the catwalk and paused, gazing back at the Corvette Princess Cecile, nestled in the center of the graving dock. He turned the wheelchair. Now that you've inspected her Uncle Stacey, he said, wouldn't you agree there's no finer ship in the RCN? The battleship Aristotle in the next bay lowered over them, 70,000 tons empty, with a crew of 2,000, and missile magazines sufficient for a day-long engagement. The 8-inch plasma cannon of the Aristotle's defensive battery could not on ...
