"Jeffrey D. Kooistra - Dykstra's War" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kooistra Jeffrey D)

anticipation, wondering at what the legend had done.

"First, the original," Dykstra said. He tripped the trigger and it bored a neat hole through a three-
centimeter-thick block of ceramsteel before terminating in its no longer mysterious way. He returned to
his own device. It bored a neat hole also. "Now this in itself is no big dealтАФX-ray lasers are old hat. But
my beam is generated the same way the alien weapon does it."



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 - Chapter 1

"You've figured out how it works?!" The exclamation came from down front. "How?"

"How it does it, or how I figured it out?" Dykstra asked.

"Uh . . . both."

"The first question is answered in the report you will be given at the conclusion of the seminar. As for
the second . . . well, I invented Dykstra field physics. The aliens have developed some interesting tricks
that I never noticed before, but once I saw what they'd done, the pieces fell into place."

"I'm in awe," the scientist by Nachtegall whispered to his neighbor.

"Me, too," the woman replied.

Nachtegall didn't know what to think. He knew he wasn't capable of judging just how incredible a thing
it was Dykstra had achieved. He had to settle for judging the reactions of others, people who had a real
understanding of what was involved.

So far they seemed amazed, though some faces looked positively dour.

"Doctor Dykstra?" A young engineer stood up.

"Yes, Dr. Vander Kam?"

The man looked surprised. "You know who I am? But we've never met."

"You're Rick Vander Kam, heir to the Capitol Products fortune. I worked for your great-grandfather,
your grandfather, and even your father. I've also studied your workтАФyou're very talented."

Vander Kam brightened three shades of red.

"You had a question?"

"Yes. I'm almost afraid to ask, but how are you powering your device? I don't see a power conduit or a
fusion pack or anything."

Dykstra smiled. Nachtegall could see the triumphant twinkle in his eyes from all the way in back. "Total
mass conversion, Dr. Vander Kam. I duplicated that process, too."