Renegade

By R. Richard

Captain Smytt says, “You did okay with your introductions and your security interview. However, we have to wait to see if you will get a security clearance. In the meantime, I want you to work on a device driver.”
I ask, “Why don’t I start to work on a device driver?”
Captain Smytt walks me back to Deanna. Captain Smytt says, “Jim Ace doesn’t yet have a security clearance. I want him to work on a device driver for the new signal processor.”
Deanna says, “A device driver for the new signal processor doesn’t require a security clearance. However, Jim may need to talk to the signal processor people. I will have to listen in to that talk.”
I tell Deanna, “Your listening in to the talk with the signal processor people should not be a problem. Just get yourself a reference copy of ‘The Merchant of Voyez.’ Back in school they told me that I would use phrases from ‘The Merchant of Voyez’ for the rest of my life. Ready when you are.”
Deanna sighs, “In all the time that I have worked here, I have never needed reference to ‘The Merchant of Voyez,’ here at work I strongly suspect that you will not need reference to ‘The Merchant of Voyez.’ either. My job is to see that you bozos don’t stray into discussing classified data.”
I sigh, “Back in school literature classes I also strongly suspected that I would not need reference to ‘The Merchant of Voyez.’ in the rest of my life. I voiced my opinion to the fat, stupid, ugly, closet lesbian bitch who taught the literature class. However, it wouldn’t listen to my analysis.”
Deanna sighs, “I think that I see why you got so good at the Loro thing.”
I state, “If ‘The Merchant of Voyez.’ won’t do me any good, I will just have to fall back on my programming learning and experience. Well, one thing I did learn from ‘The Merchant of Voyez.’ is to not spit on those I owe money to nor on those that I need information from.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. Richard
• Release date: May 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005453138

R. Richard

I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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Renegade

By R. Richard © 2022

Chapter 1: We Have Problems Here

I graduate from Paranda State University. I am a scholarship student, so I have a mandatory two year enlistment in Government Service. With no place else to go, I go to the Enlistment Station. I get in line.

The line gradually moves forward, as what appears to be one idiot after another is processed. I finally get to the head of the line.

Name?

Jim Ace.

Is that James?

No, just plain Jim Ace.

No middle name?

No, just plain Jim Ace.

You are a graduate of Paranda State University, with a degree in Computer Science.

That’s me.

You are 5 feet, 8 inches tall and you weigh 190 pounds.

I say, Yes. I then open my coat to show my Loro black belt body.

The clerk says, Muscle, not fat.

I say, Yes, I’m a Loro black belt.

The clerk says, Red hair, blue eyes. Note: Excused from outdoor activities.

That’s me, white skin always burn, never tan.

No physical defects or major marks.

That’s me.

You have three arrests in your police record.

I was attacked three times, I defended my self, nothing more.

The process of you defending yourself resulted in three deaths.

I’m not a doctor, but that’s what I have been told.

The deaths of three people mean nothing to you?

I reply, There are over a billion people living in this planet. At least some of them must die each day. I am to be concerned with the deaths of people that I have never met and don’t know?

Apparently not.

I ask, What else do you want to know?

What would you like to do with the rest of your life?

I reply, I have worked hard and graduated from Paranda State University, with a degree in Computer Science. I would like a well paid job programming digital computers.

Is programming digital computers all you want?

I reply, "Well, I would also like to earn a nice house,