"Ben Weaver - Brothers in Arms 01 - Brothers in Arms" - читать интересную книгу автора (Weaver Ben)

Though I wanted very badly to turn my head and watch Halitov squirm, I didnтАЩt dare move.
тАЬWhat about you, Mr. St. Andrew?тАЭ

I flushed. тАЬSir, I agree with that assessment, sir.тАЭ

тАЬDid Mr. Halitov attack you?тАЭ

тАЬSir, not exactly, sir.тАЭ

тАЬWould do you mean, тАШnot exactlyтАЩ?тАЭ

тАЬSir, I provoked him, sir. He asked me a direct question, and I refused to answer it. Sorry, sir.тАЭ

тАЬI see. All right, then. ItтАЩs come to my attention that most of you have a problem with Mr. St. AndrewтАЩs
performance. ThatтАЩs not only his responsibility, itтАЩs yours. Mr. Halitov, IтАЩm placing you in charge of Mr.
St. Andrew.тАЭ

тАЬSir, thank you, sir.тАЭ Halitov never sounded more pleased.

тАЬIf Mr. St. Andrew fails to pack the gear to serve in my Seventeen, both of you will IDO.тАЭ

тАЬBut sirтАФтАЭ

тАЬSergeant Rodriguez has already approved this arrangement. Now then, gentlemen. Do we understand
each other?тАЭ

We replied in unison.

тАЬVery well.тАЭ He lifted his wrist, squinted at his tac. тАЬYouтАЩve got eleven minutes till last mess formation.тАЭ
He shifted to go.

тАЬSir?тАЭ I called. тАЬHave you seen my brother?тАЭ

A shadow passed over PopeтАЩs expression. тАЬYou want to interrogate me? That it, Mr. St. Andrew?тАЭ

тАЬNo, sir. I justтАФтАЭ

тАЬI didnтАЩt think so.тАЭ He stomped out.

2

Dressed in freshutilities and with eight minutes to spare before last mess, I sat up on my gelrack and
skimmed through electronic pages of colonial history glowing on my tablet. A lot of the material was
review from my secondary education, though my instructor, a captain who looked old enough to have
fought in the pre-alliance biowars (thatтАЩs an exaggerationтАФheтАЩd have to be over a hundred) expected us
to know dates. Most of us were pretty cynical about the class. Why not slide those horseshoe-shaped
cerebros onto our heads and let us spend just thirty seconds downloading a semesterтАЩs worth of material
directly into our long-term memories? We would later learn a closely held secret: Downloaded data
interfered with the conditioning, which was why only colos could attend South Point and not the more