sense of direction. They could feel magnetic fields... created by quasars and black holes... created by quasars and black holes... negotiate singularities... navigate not just the stars, but space-time itself. Like a Navcom A.I.? No, no. You've got it backwards. The billions of calculations each second... necessary to lead us through a black hole or a quasar... is the Navcom recreation of the mind of a single Pilgrim. Then why'd the war start? You spend so much time out here alone... you end up losing your humanity. When Pilgrims began to lose touch with their heritage... they saw themselves as superior to men. And in their arrogance... they chose to abandon all things human... and follow what they called their "destiny." Some say they believed they were gods. You believe they were gods? No. But I do believe they were touched by God. And like it or not... you've got some of that inside you. I have to get to the bridge. We'll be jumping soon. I want you to be there. This thing's eating suns for breakfast. Let's go. What the hell are we doing here? You know what we're not doing. Turning around. This is the captain. Prepare for a level-five jump-point interphase. Secure all stations. Attention. Attention. Course error. Adjust course immediately. Steady as she goes. Captain, the ship is headed... into the PNR zone of a class-two pulsar. One minute until gravitational pull is 100%. What about it, Mr. Taggart? The readings are wrong. The sensors are not calibrated to the pulsar. They've already been warped by the gravitational fields. Captain, I must insist we change course immediately. No! Manual override! Forget you, artificial intelligence... or we're all dead. Captain, I think you should reconsider. Steady as she goes, helm. Aye, aye, sir. Warning. Warning. Jump coordinates incorrect. This is the captain. Fifteen seconds to jump point. Watch. Oh, this is great. Aft shields overloading. Just you and me. Hold on. Ohh! Uhh! -Ohh! -Uhh! Ha ha ha ha! Yeah! You OK? You all right? Where are we? Ladies and gentlemen... welcome to the Ulysses corridor. We're through the jump point. We made it. Mr. Obutu. Stealth mode, if you please. Going to stealth. Seven percent electronic emission... zero communication. Radar status. Scanners picking up a strong electromagnetic signature... at one-eleven mark forty-three. An asteroid field. -Lieutenant Commander. -Yes, sir. Prepare a reconnoiter. I want to know what's out there. And, Deveraux... I don't want them to know that we're here. Not yet. Very good, sir. Scanning quadrant. Lieutenant, I'm picking up metal fragments ahead. Alloy structure indicates from a Confederation vessel. Angel, you catch that? That's from Pegasus. Ten thousand men and women... gone... just like that. The concussion must've blown pieces of the station... all over the sector. Warning. ENM emissions. -Pipe down. -Two-one-six. -Getting something. -Analyzing. Possible I.D. Kilrathi... Radio silence now. Get into the asteroids. Low power. They know we're here? Possibly. From the sophistication of the equipment onboard... I'd say the vessel is a command and communications module. What's it commanding? At least six other ships down near the Brown Dwarf... are communicating with it. It seems to be transmitting jump coordinates. Angel, they've spotted your heat corona! I've got two more bogeys comin' in hot, six o'clock! Can't spot them, Blair. Call it. Jack in the box on three. One... two...three! Missile away! The big one's shielded! I got two more bogeys comin' up from the Brown Dwarf! Engaging! Negative. I count fourteen unfriendlies inbound. Looks like two destroyers. We're out of here. You knew what the orders were-- no contact with the enemy. Now you've compromised the mission... and the very existence of this ship. I had no choice, sir. They'd spotted. ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Бобик в гостях у Барбоса на английском - текст Милашка в розовом на английском - текст Приключения Хомы на английском - текст Кино Лиззи МакГайр на английском - текст Вертихвостки на английском |