"David A. Kyle - Lensman 10 - Z- Lensman" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kyle David A)

who had been
defied by the Triplanetary Patrol, forerunner of the Galactic Patrol. Gray
Roger, a
manifestation of the mighty Gharlane of Eddore, had then turned his attention
to other
systems and other planets, and Palain seemed the most likely victim.
Eukonidor was encouraged to find that two Palainian Lensmen already
intuitively
suspected the gathering onslaught against them. These two were the most
outstanding
members of a cadre of Patrolmen and Lensmen, which, though excellent in
quality, was
vexingly small in numbers. They did not know that it was the supermind of
Gharlane that
they were preparing to confront, but independently they were investigating and
preparing to
defend their world against anything on any plane. To encourage them, Eukonidor
informed
Brolenteen, the Mentorian Guardian overseeing that area. This resulted in the
convening of
a special Court of Gray Lensmen to promote the two Palainians into this elite
corps of
Unattached Lensmen who wore the distinctive gray leather harnesses of the Gray
Legion.
That was how Angzex and Nadreck became Gray Lensmen. As such, they were free
agents, no longer tied to a regular unit of the Patrol, able to formulate
their own plans to
protect the Palainian system, authorized to draw upon any asset of the Patrol
without
accountability.
Angzex concerned the personal self, that which could not be properly described
as either
"his" or "her" self, with defensive plans. This self gathered intelligence,
monitored the First
and Second Galaxy, and stood guard between them, for it was from the Second,
the site of
the mother world of the Eich, that the strength of the Boskonian conspiracy
was drawn.
Angzex enlisted an ancestor, old-Ymkzex, into sentinel duty, making Bovreck's
deep-space
laboratory the key picket-post.
Nadreck concentrated himself, in this case "himself" was a relatively accurate
term, on the
offensive side, looking for ways to attack the enemy before it could attack
them, upsetting
plans before they could be executed. This took Nadreck out among the stars and
into
direct involvement with the far-flung activities of the Patrol. As Angzex was
to old-Ymkzex,
so Nadreck was to old-Bovreck. Nadreck found that his relationship with