"Michael McCollum - Maker 2 - Procyion Promise" - читать интересную книгу автора (McCollum Michael)

That was a Spanish galleon that sunk off Key West in the Sixteenth Century. They took sixty million
stellars worth of treasure out of her back in the thirties.тАЭ

Chryse shook her head. тАЬIтАЩm tired of simulated adventure.тАЭ

He smiled, turning on the boyish charm. тАЬThatтАЩs the reason for the hulks. They are the real thing. We
could check out two vacsuits at North Pole Terminus and make a day long picnic of it if you like.тАЭ

She shook her head. The idea of exploring a twenty-year-old work barge did not appeal to her, but
RolandтАЩs suggestion had tweaked a stray memory. There was something in solar orbit she would very
much like to explore.

тАЬDo they rent ships at North Terminus, as well?тАЭ
тАЬNo need. The maneuvering gear on the vacsuits is first rate and well maintained. Oh, theyтАЩll rent you a
scooter if you want, but that costs extra.тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt want a scooter. I want a ship! Something with legs.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs expensive.тАЭ

тАЬI can afford it.тАЭ

He shrugged. тАЬThere are a few rental jobs at North Terminus. IтАЩm a fair-to-middlinтАЩ pilot. IтАЩll take you
anywhere you want to go.тАЭ

тАЬNo thank you. Where I want to go, I would rather be alone. Maybe a bit of solitude will snap me out of
this mood IтАЩve fallen into.тАЭ

тАЬSolo piloting is dangerous.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll be all right,тАЭ she said. тАЬAfter all, the computer runs the ship. If I get into trouble, itтАЩll scream for help,
wonтАЩt it?тАЭ

He nodded. тАЬOkay, itтАЩs your neck. YouтАЩll have to sign a release, of course.тАЭ

тАЬOf course.тАЭ

тАЬWhere are you going?тАЭ

тАЬI thought that I would go see the probe.тАЭ

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Three hundred years earlier, a spacecraft had entered the solar system from the depths of interstellar
space. Limited two-way communications were established almost immediately, and it was quickly
learned that the craft was an instrument package controlled by a self-aware computer.

The computer, which called itselfPROBE, had been constructed by an advanced race of beings, that it
dubbed тАЬThe Makers.тАЭ These Makers had been working to develop a faster-than-light drive for their
spaceships for thousands of years. In all that vast time, they had been singularly unsuccessful. So, faced