"Richard Hatch - Battlestar Galactica 02 - Warhawk" - читать интересную книгу автора (Hatch Richard)

"You can get Council Security and a squadron of Warriors down here
and put them all back on the Icarus where you found them," Starbuck
said.
 "If I don't keep my word, they'll riot," Apollo said. "They'll die before
they'll go back to their cells."

"Then they'll die," Troy said simply. Coldly.

Apollo opened his mouth to reply, but clamped it shut just as quickly.
He stared at his son. Then at Starbuck. Finally, he turned on his heel and
started down the corridor again, heading for the forum ahead.

"You can accompany me or not, whatever you like," he said casually.

He could sense their fear and anger, even sense the moment when the
two men looked at one another to share their frustration. But then they
started after him, and Apollo put aside thoughts of those closest to him.
He thought of only one thing.

Staying alive.

Even before he reached the door to the forum and shoved it open, he
knew that something had gone wrong. There were people inside the
forum. Thousands of them.

Apollo shoved the door open and stood there as a cheer of welcome and
support echoed through the vast chamber. TransVid skyeye cameras
zipped across the air in front of him and above him.

"Guess this wasn't much of a secret, eh?" Starbuck said behind him.

Commander Apollo shot him a suspicious glance, but he knew from
Starbuck's expression that his friend wasn't responsible. Troy also looked
as though he were just as surprised as they were. Then he saw Troy's eyes
narrow with anger, and he turned to see what Troy was looking at.

And there she was. Petite, blonde, beautiful, with a mischievous smile
on her face that meant there would never be any doubt whose daughter
she was.

"Dalton!" Troy snapped.

The girlтАФfor she was still a girlтАФonly shrugged and smiled. "If
Commander Apollo can do something as stupid as this, he ought to have
an audience."
 Apollo smiled and shook his head. Not a lot of people could have gotten
away with such a statement. Especially a rookie Warrior fresh out of
Academy like Dalton. ButтАжshe was Dalton. She got away with an awful lot
of things nobody else could.