Combatman

The narrator, a ship's Computerman, emerges from deep freeze after a time-warp and monitors instruments and Brain One, the ship's intelligence, while reviving colonists and Homonorms. A formidable warrior-type passenger awakens, quickly asserts dominance through forceful behavior and acquires alcohol, and takes de facto control of operations, prompting a clash with the narrator over authority and landing procedure. As the ship approaches a habitable planet with scant sensor returns, tensions between bureaucratic calculation and instinctive martial command shape decisions about where and how to land, highlighting themes of control, survival, and competing modes of governance during colonizing operations.