Eli let out a long, shuddering breath.
“Theory,” Anya said, smiling for the first time that night, “is just practice you haven’t needed yet. The IMO courses aren’t about ticking boxes, Eli. They’re a shared language. When your radar dies and your ears are screaming, you don’t have time for originality. You have time for drill .” imo model course
Eli’s training kicked in. He grabbed the parallel ruler and the paper chart. He took a visual bearing on the ship’s own stern light (the only thing visible in the spray) to calculate drift. He cross-checked the old gyro with the magnetic compass. His hands stopped shaking. Eli let out a long, shuddering breath
“Eli. What is Step 4 of the Bridge Resource Management drill?” They’re a shared language
“Tonight, you didn’t pass a test. You passed the real exam. Welcome to command.”
“Good,” she said. “Now. Step 7: ‘Use all available sensors manually.’”