The Fifth Sector Commander was known as a rigid man, that was true, and yet no one could say exactly how rigid. His office, aboard the Polaris , was a rather grim place. All command offices were, essentially, being limited pretty much to regulation furnishings, but rare was the Commander who did not manage to plant some of his personality there. It was perhaps characteristic of Commander Gray that there was only one item in his office which could be said to reveal anything about him. He sat now