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SEA OF SHADOWS 151
fucking stand.” He reached for his pants. “Chicken bones … potatoes …
thank God there’s not a problem with the linguini. That would probably
sink the whole goddamned ship.”
Forty minutes later, Lowery and his three technicians stood gathered
around a SPY console in Combat Information Center.
Gordon yawned. “What are we looking for, Chief? I’m setting up to
do some signal injection tests on Array #4. I’d like to get back to it.”
“Hold your horses,” the chief said. “Just watch the screen. If this
works, you can forget about troubleshooting the array.”
“If what works?” Burgess asked. “What are we waiting for?”
Chief Lowery held up his hand. “Just give it a minute. We should start
seeing … There!” He pointed to the screen. “Read ’em and weep, boys!”
A jittering wedge of video static glowed bright green on the radar
screen. The interference was back.
FC2 Burgess stared at it. “There it is! But it’s only eight in the
morning! We’ve never seen it before mid-afternoon …”
The interference vanished after less than a minute.
“Hey! It’s gone!” Fisher said. “That was fast.”
Chief Lowery grinned. “Keep watching, Fish. In about two minutes,
you’re going to see something you’ve never seen before.”
They stared at the screen together. Considerably less than two minutes
later, the interference appeared again, in a different part of the screen.
Fish nearly jumped. “Holy shit! It’s on the starboard side now!
That’s Array #3. We’ve never seen it in Array #3!”
The chief crossed his arms and looked smug. “It all depends on where
you put the potato.”
All three technicians glared at him. Gordon spoke first. “What the hell
are you talking about, Chief?”
The chief grinned again. “Fish had it right all along. If you can’t fix
your radar, go see the cooks.” He uncrossed his arms and patted Burgess
on the shoulder. “Come on, boys. Let’s go track down the Division
Officer. He’s gonna love this!”
An hour later, they were all gathered around the SPY console for
another demonstration. This time, the onlookers included Ensign
Christopher Lance (CF Division Officer), Lieutenant Terri Sikes (the