"S. M. Stirling - Draka 03 - The Stone Dogs" - читать интересную книгу автора (Stirling S. M)

1966- First free-electron laser boost to orbit from Earth.

1968-9-Two-ship Van Riebeck expedition to Jupiter; one lost.
First Apollo-group (Earth-crossing) asteroid captured, brought
into Earth orbit.

1970- Second-generation pulsedrives; subcritical plutonium
pellets compressed by collision from railguns. Liquid reaction
mass used to cover carbon-carbon/steel thrustplates.
Permanent Draka settlement on Mars; orbital stations, mining
operations on Martian moons.

1973- Space-generated solar power beamed to Earth via
microwaves.

1975- Secession of Indian Republic from Alliance for
Democracy. Draka conquest of India.

1980- Third-generation pulsedrives; fission pellets
compressed by lasers
Fourth-generation pulsedrives; deuterium-tritium fusion pellets
imploded by laser/electron beam system.

1989- First planet-based fusion reactor, Nova Virconium,
Mars.

1996- Fifth-generation pulsedrive; deuterium-boron-II fusion
pellets.


PROLOGUE
VIRUNGA BIOCONTROL INSTITUTE
WEAPONS RESEARCH DIVISION
WEST RIFT PROVINCE
DOMINATION OF THE DRAKA
MARCH 1, 1969


"This is the first series," the project manager said; a stocky
brown-haired woman in her thirties. The wall lit up with a
three-dimensional rendering of a virus molecule. It was
color-coded, black and scarlet. "Yo'see how we've replaced тАФ"

"Doctor Melford," the Senator said, with soft courtesy. The
other members of the audience turned slightly to catch his
words. "We've all absorbed as much technical information as
possible from the prep-files, and while I'm sure the computer
projections would be very interestin', perhapsтАж ?"

He was a tall man, eagle-faced, with silver-streaked blond hair