I thought it quite enjoyable. It was a nice, thrilling action piece that just flows nicely. The bit with the Third Lieutenant was especially enjoyable.

It did leave me wondering if Zargh expected trouble with Jurdak and assigned her there hoping she'd deal with it. An alternative thought was that the ship needed an engineer, she was the best available of appropriate rank, but that Zargh and his chief-of-staff had a bet on whether there'd be more trouble with Jurdak after the initial bit of trouble.