two o'clock
He made computations , checked his controls , figured orbits . Anything to keep from having to talk to his two ex-Patrolmates or from having to think about the humiliating job he was on . Anything to -- * * * * * '' _ Pirates ! Moving up at two o'clock ! _ '' Preston came awake . He picked off the location of the pirate ships -- there were two of them , coming up out of the asteroid belt . Small , deadly , compact , they orbited toward him .