"Our ship, the Behemoth, it was originally built for the Mormons. Their church. They called it the Nauvoo. But certain things happened and in the end we needed it. So we made it a warship. First in the Belt."
There's still a touch of pride when he says that.
"But because it's overhaul was all done very quickly and out of sight we still had all the Mormon's agricultural machinery in the hold. They were going to use it to build a paradise, they said." A waste of a perfectly good ship if you ask him. "Then our ship suddenly lost all forward moment in a single moment. It was a disaster. I was in the hold. My co-captain was in the hold. And the machinery shifted dramatically in their restraints and crush us both. Crushed my ribcage, punctured my lungs. We were stuck there long enough to know we were dying. But not long enough for any help to come in time."
He shakes his head, "It still makes me mad. I would not complain to die for the Belt. But that was for nothing."
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There's still a touch of pride when he says that.
"But because it's overhaul was all done very quickly and out of sight we still had all the Mormon's agricultural machinery in the hold. They were going to use it to build a paradise, they said." A waste of a perfectly good ship if you ask him. "Then our ship suddenly lost all forward moment in a single moment. It was a disaster. I was in the hold. My co-captain was in the hold. And the machinery shifted dramatically in their restraints and crush us both. Crushed my ribcage, punctured my lungs. We were stuck there long enough to know we were dying. But not long enough for any help to come in time."
He shakes his head, "It still makes me mad. I would not complain to die for the Belt. But that was for nothing."