title: Crew Eleven: A Story of Survival, Evasion, Escape and HEROES
author:  Robert Bartron 
description: Commander Bartron is a retired Navy pilot and education administrator. During his 25 years on active duty, he survived one aircraft crash and five emergency forced landings including one where the aircraft was on fire, while accumulating over 5,000 hours in the air. He earned his Bachelors degree (History) from the U.S. Naval Academy (Class of 1973) and his masters (film) from Empire State College, SUNY. Bartron's passions include writing, film, and his family. He has authored multiple Hollywood screenplays, poetry, technical manuals and novels. Bartron and his wife have been together for 44 years and have three grown children. The eldest son led 150 combat missions in Iraq as an Army captain and the younger son is currently serving in Afghanistan as an Air Force pilot. Their daughter is a college instructor married to a Navy helicopter pilot who has done multiple tours in the Iraqi theater. Commander Bartron and his wife live in Sacramento, CA.
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  # Kalin
  
  
  ###### #4 in the Dumarest series
  
  
  ## E.C. Tubb
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  IT WAS BLOODTIME on Logis and the captain was firm. "I am sorry," he said,
  "but I will take no chances. As passengers you are free to go or stay as you
  desire, but I must tell you this: if the perimeter fence should be penetrated
  I will seal the ship. And," he added significantly, "it will remain sealed
  until all danger is safely past."
  
  
  "You would leave us outside?" The woman wore clothes too young for her raddled
  features, her cracked and aging voice. "Leave us to be killed?"
  
  
  "If necessary, madam, yes."
  
  
  "Incredible!" Gem-fire flashed from her hands as they moved in the cone of
  light streaming from above the open lock. "To treat your passengers so!"
  
  
  Her companion, a scarred mercenary, growled deep in his throat. "The captain
  has no choice, my dear. His first duty mus