Zero Drift - Chapter 3

Chapter Three The first thing she did with her assignment was check whether Camden's was the same. It was not. The second task was seeing where Sergeant Veraine's squad was berthed. Spinward, two spokes. All recruit training was on this rim, with each spoke delineating a training section. Two spokes was just about the worst position to move; too close to short-cut via the hub, too far to make it easy to move her gear. She pulled her issued duffle out and began packing. "Where are you off to, Nara?" Kincaid asked as he pulled out his own duffle. "Two spokes spinward. Sergeant Veraine's squad." "I heard she's tough." Their limited interaction with regular squads made his assertion questionable. "Where?" "On the range last week." Nara filed that. Kincaid had socialized. She had stayed focused on the instructor. They had spent a week at the range, in the section anti-spin from their own bay. It had been basic familiarization, not live firing or qualification. At this point in their training they were expected to be able to safely handle weapons. "How do you fold everything so neatly?" Kincaid asked, looking over her shoulder at the precise...