Callsign: Lifer

"Socially dysfunctional robot," Lifer says, so Megan socks her in the shoulder.
"Not a robot!" she says, annoyed. "Three times this shore leave I get dragged to break up your bullshit—"

You get all sorts in the cockpit, on Navy mech carriers. Megan's a standard-issue grunt. Lifer's...something a little more out there.

First posted on Cohost; this simply collects the original episodic presentation into a single downloadable edition. ~9k words in total.