"Dune 03 - Whipping Mek (Short Story)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Herbert Brian & Frank)

flushed hot with embarassment. УThat makes sense.Ф

УChirox is just a surrogate enemy, a target to fight. He represents all

thinking machines in my mind.Ф

УLike a whipping boy.Ф

УA whipping mek.Ф The mercenary smiled. УWe can set it to various

fighting levels for training purposes.Ф He stepped closer to the ominous-looking

combat robot. УStand down.Ф

The robot lowered its weapons-studded limbs, then retracted them into its

core, even the impaired arm, and stood waiting for further commands. With a

sneer, the man slammed the hilt of his pulse sword against the mekТs chest,

knocking the mek backward a step. The optic-sensor eyes flickered orange. The

rest of the machineТs face, with its crudely shaped mouth and nose, did not

move.

Confidently, the man tapped the metallic torso. УThis limited robotЧI

dislike the term thinking machineЧis totally under our control. It has served the

mercenaries of Ginaz for nearly three generations now.Ф He deactivated his pulse

sword, which was designed to scramble the sophisticated gelcircuitry of a

thinking machine. УI am Zon Noret, one of the fighters assigned to this ship.Ф

Intrigued, Vergyl ventured closer. УWhere did you find this machine?Ф

УA century ago, a Ginaz salvage scout found a damaged thinking machine

ship, from which he retrieved this broken combat robot. Since then, weТve wiped

its memories and reinstalled combat programming. It allows us to test ourselves

against machine capabilities.Ф

DUNE: WHIPPING MEK

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