lifeboat's

Now, in the last chapter, instead of acknowledging that his decisions led the ship to ruin, instead of thanking his crew for saving his life, he demands that he receive a massively disproportionate share of the lifeboat's rations -- hundreds of times that of the average sailor -- which he insists should be his because "he, after all, is the captain -- and the market for captain's rations demands it."

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The sensors I had seeded over the hull of the _JAFR_ were showing the lifeboat's approach.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

She had been resting in an acceleration couch, sipping absently on a high-energy drink from the lifeboat's emergency stores.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

The human's likeness, printed from one of the files whose download had exposed her, was in a pocket of the fresh garment she had taken from the lifeboat's stores.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

She reconfigured the lifeboat's broadcast search to select information on anyone who had expressed skepticism about Earth's interstellar visitors, then returned to her duties in the hold.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

The bag was filled mostly with materials produced on the way down by the lifeboat's bioconverter.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

It was easy to guess what had followed: security software spotting the unauthorized data access and tracing the request to the lifeboat's computer, an alarm sent to the duty officer, a call to the captain, the realization of the lifeboat's proximity to the zoo that she tended without supervision.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

As an ex-ship's engineer he was far better prepared than the average citizen to operate a lifeboat's instrumentation, even a design as antiquated as the one that now enfolded him.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

Prior to liftoff he had thoroughly disabled the automatic beacon designed to signal the lifeboat's presence to other vessels.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

Someone like Mallory, for example, working with something like a lifeboat's all-encompassing emergency instrumentation.

Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000