was with us that day I led the raid over Macho Grande. And he's still alive? Striker, son... we're all betting on you. 5-1 they all die. 8-5 the women and children make it. 6-4 they lose the crew. 0.5 worp... God help them. Nobody's ever travelled at that speed before. Last spring, we did Europe in nine days. Then we went to Bakersfield and Fresno. No one goes to Fresno any more. All communication lines are clear. Ready to transfer to Buck Murdock at Alpha Beta. Over. Gentlemen... I don't find it easy to talk at a time like this, but I got to say something about that guy up there, and I can sum it all up in just one word... courage, dedication, daring, pride, pluck, spirit, grit, mettle and... G-U-T-S. Guts! Ted Striker's got more guts in his little finger than most of us have in our large intestine, including the colon! When we're ready, we'd like you to remove your eyeglasses and shoes and place your head between the knees. Between your own knees, Father. We've blown the computer. Elaine, you'd better check the readout. We're slowing down. - Set course change. - Set. Compute. Here goes. Elaine, we hit 0.5 worp, and everything seems OK. We've got gravity control back. Sorry. Elaine, you'd better brace yourself. This is faster than man has ever travelled before. In case some of you are wondering, we are travelling at half the speed of light. Some of you might experience a temporary metabolic change, but there's nothing to worry about. Thank you. - Commander Murdock. - What is it, Lieutenant? The Mayflower's in trouble. She's coming in hotter than a firecracker. Their computer's down. They've lost their crew. They're on manual. - We'd better get to the tower. - We have no tower. - No tower? - Just a bridge, sir. Why the hell aren't I notified about these things? Lieutenant... How would you handle this? - We could try ignoring it. - I see. Pretend nothing has happened and hope everything's all right in the morning. Just a thought, sir. I've considered that. Must be a better angle... If they've lost their crew, who's in control of that bucket? Some guy by the name of Ted Striker, sir. Ted Striker. - Do you know him? - Never heard of him. That's not exactly true. We were like brothers. We flew together during the war. We were close, real close, until... Until, sir? Until that day over Macho Grande. Over Macho Grande, sir? I'll never get over Macho Grande. Forget it, Lieutenant. It wasn't a pretty picture. What have you found? These red lights keep moving back and forth. Aside from that, this thing seems to have no function whatsoever. It must have some function. Why would the government put all that money into a thing with lights? Sir, these lights keep blinking out of sequence. What should we do about it? Get them to blink in sequence. - Rorshack, what do you got? - What do you make of these? That's a bird. That's a horse with a hat on. I pulled Striker's record. I don't think you're going to like it. It's worse than I thought. They'll hit our atmosphere in three minutes. How do you want to play it? I want a 6-foot trench dug around the base. Fill it with gasoline. Get women and children to the shelters. Contact the Japanese ambassador. Rorshack, get me a complete file on everyone who's seen "The Sound Of Music" more than four times. On second thought, kill those orders. Down scope. Fate can play a strange game sometimes, Lieutenant. Fate, sir? Striker wipes out his entire squadron over Macho Grande, and now those people's lives up there are in his hands. I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes. But it's his ship now. He's the top dog, the big man, numero uno honcho, the head cheese. I just hope he has the right stuff. Up scope. We have radio contact. Yes, I'll take care of it right away. We've had some problems with the ship. If you're going to use the washroom, please be careful. ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Реквием по Мечте на английском - текст Всемирный квартирный кошмар на английском - текст А зори здесь тихие на английском - текст Бегущий человек на английском - текст Аленький цветочек на английском |