When he graduates from the Academy at Port Newmar, Ishmael Horatio Wang reports for duty in his first assignment as an officer. When he gets to his new ship, he finds things are not exactly the way he'd learned in school. The coffee tastes like used engine oil, the ship has no heart, and the nearest…
The nightmare ends and Ishmael gives out another whelkie. (Chapters 49-50)
The watch rotations change as the injured crew are deal with. Apones finally wears a clean shipsuit. (Chapters 47-48)
Ishmael gets some late night callers and gets locks installed on the doors. (Chapters 45-46)
Burnside shows Ishmael how the ship does drills and half the crew takes ratings exams. (Chapters 43-44)
While Mel, Fredi, and Ishmael celebrate, tragedy is brewing. (Chapters 41-42)
Fredi reveals a secret and Ishmael stretches his legs on the Orbital. (Chapters 39-40)
Ishmael does a little more clean up and takes Mr. Vorhees shopping. (Chapters 37-38)
Another crewman wants to join Ishmael's harem. Fredi offers a word of caution. (Chapters 35-36)
Ishmael visits the Captain and gets a warning from Fredi. (Chapters 33-34)
Ishmael pokes about and discovers some interesting facts about the Tinker's systems. (Chapters 31-32)
After consulting with Arletta and Mel, Ishmael begins taking steps to protect himself. He also learns just how detailed RumorNet can be. (Chapters 29-30)
The crew learns how to study together and Ishmael gets called names. (Chapters 27-28)
The crew has a field day and Ishmael discovers that he's volunteered to be a teacher. (Chapters 25-26)
Ishmael learns that Mr. Burnside takes a very proprietary view of his watch. (Chapters 23-24)
Ishmael has a run in with a couple of crew members and learns something important about the general outlook aboard. (Chapters 21-22)
Ishmael learns that no good deed goes unpunished and starts to clean up the ship. (Chapters 19-20)
Ishmael gets a reputation and learns something about the crew. (Chapters 17-18)
Ishmael learns more about what happened to his predecessor and begins to make changes aboard. (Chapters 15-16)
The SC William Tinker gets underway and Ishmael meets the Captain. (Chapters 13-14)
Ishmael stands his first watch and takes a tour of the ship. (Chapters 11-12)
As Ishmael settles into the shipboard routine, troubling issues start emerging. (Chapters 9-10)
Ishmael reports for duty on the SC William Tinker and begins meeting the crew. (Chapters 7-8)
Ishmael gets to Diurnia, signs his contract and learns that his ship is waiting. (Chapters 5-6)
Ishmael catches up on his reading and learns some self defense tricks on the way to Diurnia.(Chapters 3-4)
Ishmael Wang graduates from the Academy and heads out for the Diurnia Quadrant. (Chapters 1-2)
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