The Space Pilot

Previously published as On Station by J. Clifton Slater

The Space Pilot

Not all heroes were celebrated. Some were honored, some busted, and one was sent to Navy flight school. Now Ensign Piran had to find his place in the Galactic Council Navy.

While his classmates from flight school were transported to the fleet by the Navy, Ensign Piran received a different assignment. His transportation was on a civilian Clipper ship.

The unaware crew would find this trip to be anything but routine. Between the contraband, smugglers, pirates, and terrorists there was no guarantee any of them would survive. The crew had one advantage, the newly minted space pilot, Ensign Phelan Oscar Piran.