nine o'clock
The range-finder 's voice was a steady monotone . `` Stand by to fire ! '' snapped Strong . `` Two bandits at nine o'clock on level plane of ecliptic ! '' came the warning from the radar bridge . Before Strong could issue an order countering the enemy move , the voice of the commander of the _ Pleiades _ came in over the audioceiver , `` Our meat , Strong , you take care of the big baby ! '' On the scanner screen Strong saw the trails of two space torpedoes erupt from the side of the _ Pleiades _ , followed immediately by two more from its flanking ship , the _ Regulus _ .