His Best Weapon

Morale Officer Lt. Daffyd Allenby is about to be thrown out an airlock by the terrorists who have starjacked his transport. The good news is, he has a helmet. The bad news is, he's not sure he wants it. Because it belonged to his almost-was partner, Artemis Burke, who went in the 'lock before him. How did he get himself into this mess, and how will he get out of it: alive or dead?

This story was the Grand Prize Winner of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Award in 1996, and originally printed in the Writers of the Future Vol. XII anthology.