- It has... weaknesses. - Gunn Sar? Gunn Sar doesn't know. But he doesn't know a lot of things, does he? - He is our leader. - And a very good one, if a little... - Stupid? - Well, I didn't like to say it. He thinks we have scouts posted everywhere and runners. Impractical. So why do you keep up the illusion? For the Hommiks. The people. If they see this, they'll want more. Hydroponic food, machines, neutron blasters. And you don't have them to give. - Because your civilisation died a long time ago. - Yes. - What killed it? - A war. Everything was lost. Industry, people. Afterwards, the Council of Survivors decreed that we should start again from the very beginning. Wooden tools, flint arrowheads, the wheel. Ten thousand years' advancement destroyed in a day. - And this? - Overlooked. It's self-maintained. Powered by our sun, it will last forever. This generation, even Gunn Sar, believes it to be some kind of magic that keeps the chambers light and warm. - A computer is like some ancient god to them. - What about the Seskas? The Seskas? Why do you... Why? PELLA: Yes, Avon, why? I didn't. Your finger was on the trigger. You killed him. I didn't, Pella. But you did, didn't you? Yes, if you say so, Avon, I killed him. You are nothing more than a Hommik, Avon. - The guard have brought in some more intruders. - More? What is this, an invasion? Can't I have a minute's peace and recreation without intruders bursting in all the time? Well, don't just stand there. Bring them in, bring them in. MAN: Bring them in. - What do you want? - VILA: A second chance? - We're from... - I don't care where you're from. I am Gunn Sar, chief of the Hommiks and I'm getting very weary of... of... - Nina, where's Cato when I need him? - I'll bring him. I am Gunn Sar, chief of all the Hommiks, I rule by right of challenge. - And 26 lie dead... - So I challenge you. What? I challenge you. You rule by right of challenge. I challenge that rule. (Gunn Sar laughing) Not one of your better ideas, Dayna. - Do you accept my challenge? - Don't be foolish. - You're... Well, you're a... - A woman? Yes. Take a good look. All right, woman, you just made a very big mistake. - Nina! - Kate! But you're so... You've grown up. I thought you were dead. - What are you doing here? - I'm the wife of Gunn Sar. - Wife? But you're a Seska. - No, I'm a woman. (Bells ringing) You must go, quickly. - Soon there will be Hommiks everywhere. - What is that? What's happening? It's a call to the arena. Someone has just been stupid enough to challenge my husband. Choose your weapon. (Gunn Sar laughing) Go on, Gunn Sar. Come on, Gunn Sar. (Cheering) - Kill her. - Come on, Gunn Sar. Get her. Get her, Gunn Sar. Get her! Come on. Come on, kill her, Gunn Sar. (Gunn Sar groaning) - Kill her, Gunn Sar. - Move, Gunn Sar, move. - Finish her! - Get her, Gunn Sar. - I thought you were dead. - I nearly was. Go on, Gunn Sar. Kill, Gunn Sar. Get in there, Gunn Sar. PELLA: The black woman must win. KATE: I know. Get up, Gunn Sar! Kill her. Go on, Gunn Sar. Kill her. Come on, Gunn Sar. Come on, Gunn Sar. - Two Seskas and a woman against Gunn Sar? - It is enough. Now. Don't make a fuss, Dayna. Just walk and keep on walking. (Sobbing) Now the people shall leave this place, Gunn Sar. We shall seek a new home, far from here. A new way of life. Orac, in 16 minutes this base will be destroyed and you with it. Is there anything logically more important than trying to stop that happening? Yes. The most logical course of action is to transport me to safety with all due urgency. - He's grovelling! - We're not going anywhere, Orac, until you give me straight answers to two questions. One, how did the Seska woman get out of here? And two, how does that method enable us to deactivate the nuclear compression charge? Answers; One, the woman made her exit via the secondary ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Дом На Улице Кэрролла на английском - текст Эрагон на английском - текст Сто дней после детства на английском - текст Джо против Вулкана на английском - текст Вертихвостки на английском |