In the future wars between man and Xeelee, Ensign Daxx meets the time-traveling future Captain Dakk who must try the younger Dakk for the future crime of disobeying orders in a combat situation.
I don’t know many captains, but she immediately recognized me.

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  1. “The Chop Line” by Stephen Baxter, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, December 2003.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Stephen Baxter