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

тАЬWe are being challenged.тАЭ

Chryse leaned forward, her manner suddenly alert. тАЬIdentify challenger.тАЭ

тАЬAutomated Guard Station, Department of Antiquities Registration Number 7155.тАЭ

тАЬPut it on the speaker.тАЭ


тАЬ...WARNING. WARNING. YOU ARE APPROACHING THE RESTRICTED ZONE
OF A PROTECTED HISTORIC MONUMENT. YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO TURN
BACK IMMEDIATELY. FAILURE TO COMPLY MAY LEAD TO CIVIL OR CRIMINAL
PENALTIES BEING ASSESSED AGAINST YOU. WARNING...тАЭ


тАЬTransmission, please.тАЭ

тАЬReady to transmit.тАЭ
тАЬAttention, Guard Station 7155. I am Chryse Lawrence Haller, Ident MZH-93587116. I am
countermanding you. Return to standby mode.тАЭ


тАЬORDER RECEIVED AND ACKNOWLEDGED. RETURNING TO STANDBY. BE
ADVISED, CITIZEN HALLER, THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES
OF THIS PROTECTED HISTORIC MONUMENT WILL BE MONITORED. ANY
ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE OR DEFACE THE MONUMENT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY
REPORTED TO EARTH.тАЭ


тАЬAcknowledged,тАЭ Chryse said. She called for library function from the computer. тАЬReference: Life probe,
visitation of same. Reference date: Twenty first Century.тАЭ

тАЬData retrieved.тАЭ

тАЬShow me a picture.тАЭ

A thirty-centimeter, translucent black cube materialized in front of her. Centered in the body of the cube,
filling its interior, was a mighty spacecraft. Its structure consisted of two spheres - each two hundred
meters in diameter - connected by a long central column. One sphere, labeled CONTROL SECTION in
the hologram, was an open latticework of small beams arranged in the familiar pattern of geodesic
trusses. There were gaps in the sphere where bits and pieces of machinery poked through, but it was
otherwise whole. Arrayed around it were a number of long booms tipped with irregularly shaped sensing
mechanisms.

Chryse shifted her attention to the sphere labeled DRIVE SECTION .As she did so, she let her gaze
sweep along the full eight hundred meters of the probeтАЩs length. A number of long cylindrical tanks were
strapped to the thrust frame between the two major spheres. The drive sphere at the probeтАЩs stern was
much more massive than the control sphere at its prow. The framework of beams was heavier, giving an
impression of massive strength. The sphere itself was more densely crammed with machinery. Chryse