"Kristine Kathryn Rusch - Alliances" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rusch Kristine Kathryn)

peg leg, and start calling you matey?тАЭ
тАЬYou forget, Captain, that you are talking to your superior.тАЭ
She let out a large sigh and let her shoulders relax. тАЬNo, I havenтАЩt, sir. But frankly,
youтАЩre not acting like my superior here. YouтАЩre acting like a little boy who just found
out that thereтАЩs gold at the end of the rainbow.тАЭ
тАЬAnd you, Captain, should take this assignment more seriously.тАЭ
тАЬI would,тАЭ she said, тАЬif you had a reliable source. And if you were pursuing
something that was possible. TheyтАЩre sending you-me, actually-on some kind of wild
goose chase.тАЭ
тАЬIтАЩve heard enough about this universal translator to believe itтАЩs something we have
to investigate.тАЭ
тАЬThen have someone bring it here,тАЭ she said. тАЬWhatтАЩs to stop someone from
bringing the technology to us?тАЭ
тАЬThe Hacrim say that these creatures donтАЩt want to sell it.тАЭ
This mission was getting worse and worse. тАЬThen why would you want me to go to
this place?тАЭ
тАЬTo see if the rumors are true,тАЭ Galland said.
тАЬThey arenтАЩt,тАЭ Roz said.
тАЬThen find out.тАЭ
тАЬThrough the Cactus Corridor. Into uncharted space. Breaking God knows how
many regulations to track down a rumor?тАЭ
тАЬYouтАЩre an explorer, Captain.тАЭ
тАЬIтАЩm a military officer, Admiral. IтАЩm supposed to be patrolling a sector, not going on
fantasy vacations in your stead.тАЭ
тАЬYouтАЩre being insubordinate, Captain.тАЭ
тАЬAnd youтАЩre not acting like my superior officer, Admiral.тАЭ Roz picked up the pad
and looked at it one last time.
There was a lot of information missing from that route. The section of space after
the Cactus Corridor was empty- completely black. Then there was the pulsating
planet, and nothing else.
Space was never empty and it never had nothing there. Especially over distances that
vast.
тАЬLet me remind you, Captain, who saved your butt-тАЭ
тАЬYeah,тАЭ Roz said. тАЬIn an incident that happened in the Cactus Corridor. No offense,
Admiral, but I really donтАЩt want to take my ship back there.тАЭ
тАЬYou wonтАЩt be, Roz,тАЭ Galland said, lowering his voice. тАЬYouтАЩll be taking a
prototype vessel. A small one. One that can handle the prickly nature of that nebula.тАЭ
тАЬAnd the Ba-am-as?тАЭ she asked.
тАЬYou let me worry about the Ba-am-as.тАЭ
тАЬNo offense, sir, but IтАЩm the one whose going to be taking a prototype ship through
the Cactus Corridor, heavily mined and guarded by the Ba-am-as, into space that
isnтАЩt properly charted, in search of something thatтАЩs scientifically impossible. I
respectfully and forcefully decline.тАЭ
Admiral Galland let out a small sigh. тАЬRoz, I donтАЩt think youтАЩre in the position to
argue-тАЭ
тАЬAdmiral,тАЭ she said, putting her hands on his desk and leaning close. тАЬLet me ask
you a few questions.тАЭ
He raised his dark eyes to hers. She thought she caught in them an expression of
wary amusement. She didnтАЩt like that at all.
тАЬFire, Captain.тАЭ Back to captain, then, were they? None of that too-familiar Roz crap