"Jack C. Haldeman II & Jack Dann - High Steel" - читать интересную книгу автора (Haldeman Jack C)

John led Sam and Carl to the living quarters in what had once been the middle of the station. It appeared
intact, but had been under considerable stress. What g-forces it had been subjected to could only be
guessed at.
It was pitch-black inside. The air was stale but breathable. He could hear low moans. Moans meant
life. John flipped back his visor and turned on his lantern.
His lamp stabbed through the blackness. Bodies floated in horrible, contorted shapes. Here and there
an arm waved, a leg moved. Twisted wreckage was everywhere.
John, Sam, and Carl worked together quietly, with purpose. They separated the living from the dead,
did whatever they could for those who hung in between. Some they lost, some they saved. John drifted
to the floor grid. It was twisted and buckled; people were trapped there. He worked at freeing them.
A soft voice called his name. A hand touched his shoulder. Anna.
"I thought you were dead," he said. "Dead with the others on the geodesic."
"I ... I came here. It was ... " Her voice trailed off.
Suddenly the chamber was filled with light as the rescue crew entered. They were efficient and noisy,
barking orders everywhere. They took over. A part of John relaxed. In the bright light, Anna looked
terrible. The side of her face was purple with bruises, her left arm hung at an odd angle. She was staring
intently at him.
"You've changed," she said, slowly reaching out with her other hand to stroke the side of his face.
There was awe in her voice, tinged with fear.
"I am what I always have been," John said, knowing even as he spoke that it wasn't so.
A long road lay ahead. He had but taken the first step.

Data Burst ID = 2587966LRF
From: BJN
To: Study Crew, Stranger Project
Location: Trans-United Billet Ozma
Access Classification: Level Three Confidential
Password: REDMAN.1755.XYX
Reference File: SOC187735-NN-OOO
Date: 2 Nov 2180
Time: 9:14 a.m. GMT
++++++++++ start personal copy ++++++++++

The stochastic analysis of the subject, John Stranger, has been
completed and is as follows:
The subject has an extraordinary intuitive ability to make correct
choices in structured and free-form double blind situations (reference
Krebb-Healer and Thompson protocols). Trials = 100. Success rate
=100%.
As to kinesthetic awareness, the subject was flawless in both the
Cameron and Shaller tests. Trials = 100. Success rate = 100%.
No subject has ever achieved these numbers before. The probability
that this is due to chance approaches zero.
CONCLUSION: The subject intuitively makes correct decisions in
apparently ambiguous situations. The subject has high awareness of his
surroundings and the relationships between objects in his environment.

NOTE: The subject is uncooperative.
WEAKNESSES: Tribal loyalty.